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‘Lawyer’ grandma helps youth keep off poaching

Julia Wanja at her home in Kieni, Nyeri County. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Life for Juliah Wanja has been one obstacle after another but her resilience, outgoing personality and passion to improve herself and her community have seen her through the worst of days.

Wanja is a mother of six and a grandmother whose life with her husband started in 1983 after she dropped out of primary school after Class Seven.

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