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Mobile solar irrigation service puts Embu village on the map

At exactly 9am, two farmhands lift and carefully load gleaming solar panels into a green four-wheeled electric cart marked Mkokoteni wa Umeme.[Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

At exactly 9am, two farmhands lift and carefully load gleaming solar panels into a green four-wheeled electric cart marked Mkokoteni wa Umeme.

After loading, a third farmhand jumps onto it and drives slowly along a narrow path between bean and maize farms.

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