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I was so rich, I could have owned Ruaka - sugarcane seller

Nelson Kariuki. He says he had built a vast business empire but women and alcohol destroyed his life. [Standard]

Nelson Kariuki sells sugarcane in Kiambiya and Ruaka towns on the outskirts of Nairobi. He has two regrets in life: Wasting his once fabulous fortune on women and alcohol and his mother rejecting Mbiyu Koinange’s marriage proposal.

To date, Kariuki, 73, hates women with a passion. And bars too which he terms a den of man eaters.

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