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Vet’s gamble in kuku kienyeji pays off after ditching dream American job

Dr. Tony Kiragu(right) managing director Nature Kuku on 13th August 2016. PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

What do you call a young promising Kenyan who leaves a flashy Diaspora life after less than 10 years to come back to Kenya to start a poultry farm? Crazy perhaps.

That’s exactly what Dr Tony Kiragu was labeled by his friends and peers when he decided to leave his accomplished veterinary practice in the US to come back to Kenya, the sleepy Naivasha to be precise, to try his hand in poultry farming.

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