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Meet Joshua Kimemia. He has rubbed shoulders with numerous prominent personalities in Kenya, chief among them, Mr. Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's third president. As his official caddy, what kind of secrets would such a man have? Did he grow rich? How did he benefit? Kuria Wanjiru sought to find out.
After finishing his secondary education in 1990, an energetic, fresh-faced youth from the sprawling Mathari slum was desperately looking for a job. Owing to Joshua Kimemia's disadvantaged background, opportunities were hard to come by until his father asked him to ask his younger brother help him secure a job at the nearby Muthaiga Golf Club. Doubt crowded his mind. Joshua didn't have the faintest idea about golf. He'd only heard about it in passing, but one thing that was certain to him was that it was a sport for the wealthy.
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