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Mwende Mwinzi: The events that changed my life's focus

Kenya's ambassador to South Korea Mwende Mwinzi,during interview at Palacina Hotel in Nairobi.[Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

When the September 11 terror attack happened in the US, Mwende Mwinzi was a young mother of one with another on the way. She was a young professional working at the Two World Financial Centre then.

“When the buildings collapsed, I was across the street. I was buried in debris and I was pregnant with my second son,” she says.

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