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Meet the inventor of Wambugu Apples

By EUSTANCE MAINA | Sep. 19, 2019
Peter Wambugu and a colleague inspects one of the apple trees in his farm.

 

Peter Wambugu, who hails from Nyeri County is the forerunner of the popular Wambugu Apples’ Farm where an apple variety now known as Wambugu Apple is known to have originated.

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