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Sh30,000 per month on cat food: Pet 'purrenting'

A collage of Saminah Malik and Valerie Shaga with their cats.

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened," said Anatole France, a French critic.

If that is true, then many people in Kenya are seeing parts of their souls come alive as pets become part of their hearts and families in every way short of being human beings.

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