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Special schools no more safe haven for learners

Pupils from Ngala Special School for the Deaf walk on the streets of Nakuru town to mark the International Deaf Awareness Week on September 22, 2014. [File, Standard]

The sound of braille machines reverberates from a classroom as young, visually impaired boys and girls of Milimani Primary School in Nakuru punch dots on braille papers.

Those yet to master the art of using the braille have to sort maize and beans. This to any ordinary person seems a punishment but for a teacher at the school, it is part of learning.

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