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78-year-old grandpa sits KCSE exams

Rufinus arap Taa, 78, sits a KCSE Kiswahili paper at  Korabariet Mixed Secondary School in Kuresoi North District, Nakuru County, Thursday.  [Photo: Boniface Thuku/Standard]

By Mercy Kahenda

Nakuru, Kenya: Seated in the back left corner of the examination room dressed in a navy blue school pullover and striped tie, grey haired Rufinus arap Taa, 78, waits anxiously, clipboard in hand.

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