Lucy Muchemi MAVENS PLUMBERS, KENYA
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Few women get into the trenches with pipes, wrenches and glue to work as plumbers. Lucy Muchemi is among those few who have dared to get into a sector long associated with macho men.
Muchemi is softly spoken with an easy smile, the only items giving her away being the safety helmet, steel cap boots and a yellow jacket – her attire on construction sites. Tees, elbows, nipples and unions are now part of her vocabulary.
In 2012, Muchemi and a friend opened a plumbing business with what she calls a “modest” capital investment
