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Mama Susan Mghoi Sonje prepares a coconut nursery at her home in Gedi, Kilifi County. (Gerard Mutunga, standard)
Mama Susan Mghoi Sonje welcomes us with joy to her compound; the 70-year-old has just completed a valuable sale from her coconut nursery.
The retired high school teacher treasures her work as a coconut nursery operator more than her previous teaching career. She has established herself in her work, and supplies coconut seedlings all over the coastal region, and recently to Meru County where coconut farming trials are underway.
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