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MBUGUA NGUGI

Managing Director, Kenya Nut Company, Kenya

Mbugua Ngugi is the Managing Director of Kenya Nut Company Ltd. He has hold this position for 13 years; previously he was the Sales Director for 3 years and the Business Development Manager for 3 years. He is INC Ambassador to Kenya since 2013, after his father Pius M. Ngugi, who had been Ambassador since 2002.

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