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300,000 learners celebrate National Reading Day

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The author Evalyn Oloo (right) holding The 'Don't You Trust Me' book with Innocent Mambo during the reading and launch of the book at Nuria Bookshop, Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

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