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Painting portraits is student’s forte

Zenani Orengo with one of her favourite paintings. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]

Zenani Orengo speaks about her love for painting with the maturity of a seasoned artist in a gallery, not a painter in high school.

The 18-year-old student at Nairobi’s Brookhouse School is producer of some of the most attention grabbing paintings at art exhibitions around Nairobi. While her father, Lands minister James Orengo, is more at home articulating issues on the political podium, Zenani is in her best element when working on a painting.

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