Dread and alive: Man says can't trade his 40-year 'locs' for gold

Fernziel Mwanga with his wife Catherine Kamau at their Munyaka area home in Uasin Gishu County. His dreadlocks are almost two metres long. He has worn them since 1982. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

A taxi driver in Eldoret who has worn dreadlocks for four decades says no amount of money can make him shave his hair.

The 54-year-old Fernziel Mwanga, who was born and raised in Turbo, Uasin Gishu says that his hair which has now grown to more than 1.5 metres is his pride even though dreadlocks have been associated with negativity.