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Former Mwea MP recalls birth and rise of Ngurubani town

Alfred Nderitu, former Mwea MP [File]

Former Mwea MP Alfred Nderitu recalls clearly how the biggest town in his former constituency rose from a village to an enviable township.

Nderitu, who was elected on Ford-Asili ticket and then through the Democratic Party in 1997, recalls how the rice economy was stifled by government controls.

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