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I left vegetable business, where I made Sh50,000, for a Sh7,000 per month office job

Former Information PS Bitange Ndemo

Former Information PS Bitange Ndemo has been out of the limelight for a while. He spoke to MWAURA SAMORA on why he sold french beans after studies in the US, erecting a ‘regrettable’ house in Kisii, and why Uhuru is lucky

You schooled in the United States. Is it true you came back so broke that you sold vegetables to survive?
I came back from US in the early 1990s after studying management of technology — it was unheard of here at the time. I couldn’t land a job.

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