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Girl’s tough journey in search of education, better life

Chep in laboratory at St Catherines Chepnyal Girls in Kapenguria, West Pokot. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

It is 3pm when Chep walks into St Catherines Chepnyal Girls in Kapenguria, West Pokot. She is clad in a dirty skirt, a stained while T-shirt and sandals made from old tyres. She has an old shuka on her shoulder.

In her own words, the school’s principal Salome Chesire thought she was looking for a menial job.

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