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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Aug 8

    Cecilia Wangari is fixing car stereos in Nairobi - and refusing to 'act old'. She makes it look so easy!pic.twitter.com/udwkm96se2

    This granny fits stereos, not stereotypes 😎
    8:36 AM - 8 Aug 2018
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    • MamaAfricaFoundation Blake Therrien Sanjay Goenka ~T!na~ Stephanie @2256tn1 Paully Eco Companion Vanessa
    106 replies 2,298 retweets 3,579 likes
      1. Milton Kamwendo‏ @MiltonKamwendo Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Never take your life out of the shelf of life simply because your birth certificate has some number there! Great story of a heroin!

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      1.  🧀 🍭‏ @Wyld_Chyld Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Translating should not be direct. Capture the meaning of the words.

        0 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
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      2. Geoffreyfreyma‏ @geoffreyfreyma Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        hi am Geoffrey and u ?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. KARIA  👑‏ @ItsKaria_ Aug 8
        Replying to @geoffreyfreyma @BBCAfrica

        Welcome to twitter lad. You seem lost, I bet it's your first time here.pic.twitter.com/Hms0Ta1Ir9

        4 replies 3 retweets 16 likes
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      2. STEPHEN CARGILL‏ @stephencargill8 Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Love all the way from Jamaica. The power of African women. Big up & Jah guide!

        1 reply 1 retweet 41 likes
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      1. Numfor‏ @FNFORSC2 Aug 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Great, how I wish the women in #SouthernCameroons can get such an opportunity. Children and women are being raped, killed & jailed by the terrorists military of Cameroon on a daily base #GenocideInSouthernCameroons #FreeAllArrested #AMBAZONIA

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      1. Dr. Njoki Ngumi  🇰🇪‏Verified account @njokingumi Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Loise_Gichuhi

        ❤️🇰🇪❤️🇰🇪❤️🇰🇪❤️🇰🇪❤️🇰🇪❤️🇰🇪❤️🇰🇪

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      1. David Matsinhe‏ @MatsinheDM Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Simply amazing! Go senior! Go senior! Go granny!

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      1. GITONGA Mugo ©‏ @GitongaMugo Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        /..our shosh' is cooler than yours!!!!

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      1. Jack Mutunga‏ @JackMutunga20 Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's high time nimeacha uvivu Shosh amenipa inspiration 😱😱

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      1. Hesboñ (0NE K00M3)‏ @HesbonCom_ Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @wmnjoya

        Kenya got everything anyway

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      1. Grace wanjish‏ @92d04307e4fd43e Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        She is a real motivater.

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      1. Mike Okoth‏ @MikenelloMike Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @wmnjoya

        This young mind has got it right at an old age....

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      2. Henrietta Nwomeh‏ @AnwuliHenrietta Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @folukeifejola

        Wow, women are phenomenal!

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
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      1. Wangui Gathoni‏ @wangui_gathoni Aug 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @wambugumunandi

        So beautiful.

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      1. Mohamed Ali‏ @Mohamed65362710 Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Haki shosh ume jaribu

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      1. Allan Asiimwe‏ @allantarzan Aug 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @MarthaKarua

        work is salvation

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