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Half century later, Jua Kali still using Stone-Age technology

By MACHARIA KAMAU and WINSLEY MASESE

At a welding shop in Kariobangi’s Light Industries, John Onyango prepares to cut a metal to make a chisel, commonly used by masonries for stone dressing.

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