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How principal turned around slum school

How principal turned around slum school
Former Embakasi Girls’ High School principal Nancy Mutai. (Photo:Joe Ombuor/Standard)

Kenya: Nancy Mutai describes as a rude jolt her first impression of Embakasi Girls’ High School in Nairobi.

“Honestly, nothing in the name prepared me for a slum environment and the myriad challenges the school presented. Embakasi was no launch pad to the skies or runway of sorts as the name suggests.”

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