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Kawira Mwangaza's journey from working as aunt's maid, overcoming education struggles to being boss

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If you had told a young Kawira Mwangaza that she would one day be governor of Meru, she would not have believed you.

Born in 1973 at Ontulili in Buuri, Mwangaza came from a humble family and her education progress was anything but smooth.

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