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Funding university education need not raise controversy

Unison school of Hair dressing and Beauty grandaunts during their1st graduation ceremony held at Kakamega golf hotel on April 20, 2023. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Let me start by being nostalgic: When we reported to university in the good old days, I noted that in the first semester it was easy to differentiate those from a hustling background from the rest.

From hairstyles to attire and even walking style, but by the end of the first year those differences vanished, except for accent and mannerism that echo throughout life.

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