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Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

STORY: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving DATELINE: May 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:04 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: Culture SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the weaving group 2. Various of village Katangi 3. Various of weaving women 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kiswahili): PENINAH MUENI MAKENZI, Chairlady of 'Love your friend' group 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kiswahili): PENINAH MUENI MAKENZI, Chairlady of 'Love your friend' group 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Kiswahili): PENINAH MUENI MAKENZI, Chairlady of 'Love your friend' group 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Kiswahili): JECINTA KIMEU, Member STORYLINE: A group of women deftly weave sisal baskets under the cover of a tree in a sleepy Katangi village in Machakos County, east of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. For these women, weaving has become a crucial source of economic empowerment and a significant part of their cultural heritage. Peninah Mueni's association of weavers which was founded in 2015, hails from the Kamba tribe, a Bantu-speaking community that resides in the vast southeastern K

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman works on a basket at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women walk at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women weave baskets at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women sort out sisal fibers for weaving at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women weave baskets at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women tend goats at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women weave baskets at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women weave baskets at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman works on a basket at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

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(220506) -- MACHAKOS (KENYA), May 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman weaves a basket at Katangi village in Machakos County, Kenya, on May 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving