Many farmers who had been fighting a losing battle with the moles pay him Sh80 for every mole that he catches. When this photojournalist met him on a farm, he had trapped 43 moles and was thus expecting Sh3,440.

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Kiteya also approaches farmers who keep dogs and cats to buy the moles and some offer Sh20 for a mature mole.