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Meet the yams banker

Elijah Matumbi M’Irura demonstrating how weeding is done on yams plants.

Elijah Matumbi M’Irura says he keeps his money under the soil in form of tubers called yams.

Elijah Matumbi started his yams project more than 25 years ago. “I got married in 1990 and as part of my preparations to being a family man, I invested in my ?nancial security by planting 100 yams plants,” Elijah tells the MT. KENYA STAR.

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