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Trip of a lifetime for lucky winners Joe and Julia
Photos courtesy of Joe & Julia Mugo
On its website, the Official Travel Guide to the Maldives simply describes the island as‘ the sunny side of life’. It’ s a modest tagline, an understatement if you like, more so to the city-dweller who gets the chance to vacation there.
Such was the luck of shopper Joe Mugo, who won first prize in The Village Market’ s Great Getaway Giveaway festive season promotion. The prize was a five-night trip for two to the Maldives worth KES 800,000 inclusive of meals, accommodation, Emirates air tickets and all taxes plus US $ 500 for shopping.
During the festive season promotion, Joe stopped by The Village Market for his regular shopping at Nakumatt. As he was leaving the supermarket, one of the promotion attendants told him about the promotion. Having time to spare, Joe registered to take part in the promotion and began accumulating entry points.
“ I totally forgot all about it after that,” Joe told‘ Village Beat’ after he and his wife returned from the Maldives.
Then in January Joe received a phone call from The Village Market management to tell him he was a winner in the promotion.
“ I was sceptical about the call,” admits Joe.“ But then the caller was persistent and asked that I visit the management office to claim my prize.”
All this time, Joe wasn’ t aware of the scale of his prize and how much it would impact his life. He simply
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