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I took engineering as a challenge and it paid off

All over the world, women have been shattering glass ceilings in fits that would have been mere dreams a few years ago. One such woman, Concilia Owire, tells her career story

Concilia Owire, she shuttled the inaugural SGR train (Courtesy)

Concilia Owire, the third born in a family of four (two girls and two boys), went down in history as the train driver who shuttled the inaugural Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train that carried President Uhuru Kenyatta from Mombasa to Nairobi.

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