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Irrigation with a KickStart water pump helped Victor grow these vegetables and earn $116 a week.

One rented pump, five plots: how Victor built a $116-a-week farm

Two years ago, Victor Omondi was farming maize by hand. Today, a rented KickStart pump waters five vegetable plots that bring in $116 a week — three to four times what he used to earn in construction.

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