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Strong will to live

Seventeen years ago, a 21-year-old lad left Burundi, his country of birth, in search for a better life after civil war threatened to ruin his motherland. He spoke to PETER MUIRURI.

Jean Pierre Nimbona, better known as Kidum was armed with $60 (about Sh5,000) and a small bag when he set out on a journey to the unknown, leaving behind his ailing father and other family members.

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