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University student grows sugarcane with Helb money

Ken Kipngeno at his farm

NAIROBI, KENYA: University students love Higher Educations Loans Board money (Helb). And while some comrades spend every penny of it irrigating their throats, others invest it.

Take Kennedy Kipngeno for instance. The 22-year-old sunk all his Helb into sugarcane farming.

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