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Mothers shun 'tribal names' for newborns

Mercy Awino with her husband charles ochieng at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referal hospital in Kisumu after delivering a baby named Fidel Denis on a Christmas day.PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

What is in a name? Well, if the case of mothers in the county delivering during the festivities is anything to go by, then there is a lot in a name.

Cleare Jakoyo is one of the 27 mothers who delivered at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital on December 25.

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