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Abandoned Kenyan girls rescued and offered scholarships

John Gatungu, a beneficiary of Kenya Commercial Bank scholarships, with his mother Hannah Njeri in Embu town on February 5, 2016 after he qualified for the assistance. PHOTO BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD

Two girls who were abandoned by their mothers after their fathers were fired have been rescued.

Kenya Commercial Bank has offered each of them a four-year scholarship. One mother abdicated her daughters after her husband, who worked in cooperative society, was dismissed.

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