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I can now afford rent, food, says beggar turned trader

Samwel Mwangi, 30, crawls along the streets of Nakuru City on January 7, 2023. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Samuel Mwangi, 30, crawls along Kenyatta Avenue, Nakuru town, dragging his feeble feet while holding a bucket full of groundnuts and candies.

He stops to serve a customer, who picks a packed groundnut and three sweets from the bucket and replaces them with Sh60.

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