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Widow finds her fortune in coffee

At 40, Purity Wanjiru Njagi is one of the few women in Githumu village, Murang’a County, who manages her own coffee farm and earns a living from the crop.

For many children aged 15, a career in agriculture is not at the top of their list. But while Ms Wanjiru’s classmates wanted to become doctors, lawyers, pilots and teachers, she wanted to farm.

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