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Forget imports, I make my own farm machines

Charles Kipleting Chelulei 40 (in Tshirt), with his trainee, work on coffee pulping machine. He modifies different farming machines to help coffee farmers in the region. 14.01.2018. (Photo: Peter Ochieng/Standard)

In the remote Kabunyeria village in Tinderet Nandi County, is one agriprenuer — Charles Chelulei — a man with unique prowess in inventing farm machines.

The 40-year-old Chelulei is the proud inventor of several farm machines including a coffee pulping machine and a livestock feeds miller which, Smart Harvest confirmed, are quite popular in Nandi, Bomet and Kericho counties.

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