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Benard Kimani is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has published widely in both local and international media outlets, covering a wide range of topics such as the environment, women’s land rights, governance and health.
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Most women’s savings groups focus on small-scale ventures, but the Murang’a County Women SACCO wanted to think bigger. So they built an apartment block to house students, defying the financial and cultural obstacles that stop so many women from owning land in Kenya.
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