When Edward Mugambi, popularly known as 'Baraka', left his home in Mwili, Tigania West in 1991, he had nothing to his name, save for the clothes he was wearing.
Thirty years later, Mr Mugambi is a successful businessman running multiple ventures in Meru town. Raised by a single parent in a poor home, Mugambi would attend school during morning hours and then work in farms in the area in the afternoon to raise money for daily subsistence.
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