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‘Miraa Cartel’: Faces behind Miraa wars

For decades, Meru has been the doyen of miraa farming producing hundreds of tonnes every day, as the county’s economy grows and the farmers prosper.

In the 1990s, farmers in Mbeere region of Embu County discovered that a variety of miraa known as muguka could thrive in their semi-arid land and had a ready market.

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