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Kenya: As Solar Power Expands the Work Day, Incomes Rise in Eastern Kenya
http://allafrica.com/stories/201612080556.html[font face=Serif]8 December 2016
[font size=5]Kenya: As Solar Power Expands the Work Day, Incomes Rise in Eastern Kenya[/font]
By Kagondu Njagi
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Violet Karimi spends her days as she always has, attending to household chores and working on her farm.
But when the sun goes down, she now has a second job, thanks to the arrival of solar lights in this town in eastern Kenya.
Each evening the widow leaves her three children studying at home by the light of a solar lantern and takes fruit and vegetables harvested on her farm to sell in Embu's open air market.
"I collect my stock and head to the market where I trade until late in the evening," said the 36-year-old. "This is possible because the solar lights in the market and the rest of Embu town are switched on the whole night."
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[font size=5]Kenya: As Solar Power Expands the Work Day, Incomes Rise in Eastern Kenya[/font]
By Kagondu Njagi
[font size=3]…
Violet Karimi spends her days as she always has, attending to household chores and working on her farm.
But when the sun goes down, she now has a second job, thanks to the arrival of solar lights in this town in eastern Kenya.
Each evening the widow leaves her three children studying at home by the light of a solar lantern and takes fruit and vegetables harvested on her farm to sell in Embu's open air market.
"I collect my stock and head to the market where I trade until late in the evening," said the 36-year-old. "This is possible because the solar lights in the market and the rest of Embu town are switched on the whole night."
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