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I hit pay dirt with seedlings – then nearly lost it all

Morris Gakuru at his seedlings nursery in Kamiu area of Embu West Sub County. [PHOTO: JOSEPH MUCHIRI]

Opportunity favours the prepared. It’s a mantra Morris Gakuru, who runs a tree nursery, lives by.

By 2012, Morris had tried running several businesses, including masonry, selling second-hand clothes and operating a boda boda. However, none of them brought in enough money to stop him living hand to mouth.

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