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Student who helped colleagues escape Moi Girls fire tragedy in Kibera dies

Mary Njengo- Moi Girls School student who perished in a fire incident. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU

A student who helped her colleagues escape the Moi Girls Nairobi dormitory fire has died from the injuries she sustained.

Life slipped away from the courageous Mary Njengo, 14, who woke up and guided her distressed colleagues out of danger’s way as soon as she noticed smoke in the building.

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