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Atwech, the girl who never got to celebrate graduation with family

John Akelo Nyainda, father of the slain Kenyatta University graduate who was killed in cold blood by her boyfriend in his house at Kahawa Estate in Nairobi on Monday. (PHOTO: SCOPHINE OTIENO/ STANDARD)

When Edinald Atieno graduated from Kenyatta University two weeks ago, her family in Ngege village started preparing for her homecoming.

But preparations for a feast turned into burial arrangements after Ms Atieno was stabbed to death by her boyfriend of four years in Kahawa Wendani, Kiambu County, on Monday. 

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