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Julia Nyambura, 28, says she makes more money from farming geranium than she saved as an employee in Lebanon. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]
Every year, thousands of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates fail to attain minimum university entry qualification of C-plus. Many never make it to gainful employment. That is the situation Julia Nyambura was facing in 2011.
Fast forward to February 2022: she harvests 2.7 tonnes of a herb - from a quarter of an acre - and makes Sh30,000.
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