Meet the retired soldier making millions from potato growing

It is a beehive of activity as workers load sweet potato vines on a Fuso truck at one Jean Marie Vianney Habumuremyi’s gardens. The farmer at first did not notice me as he was busy supervising the work on his farm, something that has become a daily routine for the 40-year-old retired army officer.
Habumuremyi sells most of the potatoes he produces to schools. / Lydia Atieno
Habumuremyi sells most of the potatoes he produces to schools. / Lydia Atieno
Times Reporter