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In coffee, this man of God finds a calling

Fr. Felix Lekule working in a coffee plantation at Mukumu farm in Kakamega County. Besides serving as a Priest he has ventured into coffee farming. [PHOTO:  BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]

KAKAMEGA, KENYA: In the deep of Kakamega County in Mukumu, there is a man of God who has decided to take a risk and go against the grain.

Father Felix Lekule of Shibuye Catholic Parish in Kakamega and chaplain of St Elizabeth Mukumu Mission Hospital, has ventured into coffee farming despite the fact that fellow farmers in the area are abandoning the crop for various reasons.

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