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Blanket comfort touches home

A mannequin draped in a fleece Maasai shuka. [Courtesy]

Imagine watching the rain falling on the grass outside your house and getting a business idea out of it. That is exactly what happened when Becky Ndega-Latif watched the rains pound some flowers outside her house in July 2013. It was cold inside the house when Becky took the popular checked Maasai shuka and wrapped herself. She barely got warm.

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