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Learners dreaming big with tech innovations

Collins Kemboi (in overall) and Kepher Namu (in red tshirt) work their innovation dubbed The Engine Propelled Planter during the 8th Rift Valley Technical Training Institute [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Planting machines, semi-automatic chain-link machines, a portal kitchen garden and self-service posho mill are among inventions that students at Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (RVTTI) have come up with.

For Kenneth Njoroge and John Benson Mathenge, both automotive engineering students who conceptualized some of the ideas in 2016 when they joined RVTTI, it took them two years to make a semi-automatic chain link making machine.

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