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Making a living from selling crisps

Mkala Chimako at his Mama Ngina Drive Stall. [PHOTO: MWANGI MURAGURI/STANDARD]

Although Mkala Chimako has been selling cassava and potato crisps at Mama Ngina Drive for the past seven years, he has maintained the same enthusiasm he had on the first day.

“Karibuni kuna zile za muhogo na zile za waru,” he calls. (Welcome, both cassava and potato crisps are in plenty).

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