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Street Urchins in Kakamega

Innocent Wafula ragged hungry and perhaps rejected by the society. He is just but one of the many young street urchins who spend their nights on the streets of Kakamega.

Walls , rooftops, and pavements in buildings are what he calls home, at least for the last five or so years. If u thought they (street children) are always given blankets by Samaritans at night, you are wrong. The used polythene bags carelessly disposed near shopping centres are what they use as beddings at night.

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