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Kienyeji chicken farming ensures I'll never go back to class

Hesbon Andika feeding his improved kienyeji chickens at Ituti village, Butere Sub -county on April 30, 2019. BY BENJAMIN SAKWA

After scoring an A-plain in Agriculture at Lubinu Boys High School seven years ago, Hesbon Andika, now 25, wanted to pursue agriculture to fulfill his dream of becoming a renown agriculturalist.

His parents and teachers, pressured him to take a teaching course at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Mmust). According to his parents, securing a job after attaining a degree in agriculture would be an uphill task. 

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