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Kenya: Well-Wishers Pay Fees for Boy Who Walked 50km to Form 1

[Nation] The boy from Kakamega who trekked a staggering 50 kilometres to report to secondary school in neighbouring Trans Nzoia County has now received a full year scholarship.

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