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To make a gate, you first melt a car engine, says welding wiz

The Kariobangi Light Industries in Nairobi is known for all the wrong reasons. It is here that people make counterfeit products, from cosmetics to cooking ingredients and even food itself.

What many don’t know is that Kariobangi Light Industries is also the source of many unique products, just like the Biblical ‘something good’ that came out of Israel, with reference to the King of the Jews.

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