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In Memory of Amir Mohamed

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I am sure everybody recalls Sunday the 15th of March, 2015. It was the day The Paji died in a grisly road accident in Kiambu County. This is what I know:

  1. THE DRIVERS…

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively”

– Bob Marley

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