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I make Sh1,500 a-day from broken phones and computers

Wang’ombe Kibunja, 26

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2015 and started a community empowerment programme to rehabilitate drug addicts, as well as offer basic computer training to the youth.

I wasn’t able to carry on with the programme after it suffered political sabotage, so I abandoned it and got work as a cyber café attendant.

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