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Form Two girl’s poor performance makes her bolt from home

Form Two girl’s poor performance makes her bolt from home
Wangari Murimi displays her daughter’s portrait at home. The Form Two student, Winnie Wairimu Murimi, has not been seen since May 7.  [Photo: Wainaina Ndungu/Standard]

Karatina, Kenya: Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a Form Two student who may have travelled more than 140km in search of a traditional doctor in the hope of reversing her poor grades.

The girl, Winnie Wairimu Murimi, aged 15, disappeared from her home in Shell Village of Karatina township on May 7, the day she was supposed to report back to school for the second term of the school year.

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