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Joy as Kenyan mothers name newborns after Pope Francis

Mrs Alice Ngetich (right) congratulate her daughter Lindah Tanui after she delivered a baby boy named Francisco Mario at Nakuru Nursing Home maternity. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU]

Babies born yesterday at Kakamega County Referral Hospital have been named after the Pope who is in Kenya for a visit.

The hospital maternity ward recorded 13 newborns after Shepherd One touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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