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Tom Ikonya: Life after ‘kiss of poverty’ that drained my Sh700,000

Mr Tom Wathika Ikonya

Mr Tom Wathika Ikonya wails in distress in Maragua town on November 16, 2022, after he lost Sh 700,000 in six days.
 

Photo credit: Mwangi Muiruri | Nation Media Group
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By  Mwangi Muiruri

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

It is three months since Mr Tom Ikonya, 60, got a ‘kiss of poverty’ from a female Murang’a bar attendant who conned him out of Sh700, 000. 

Mr Ikonya had disposed of an asset before he travelled from Kajiado County to Maragua town in Murang’a County on November 10, 2022.

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