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5,500 Kenyan muslims to attend Mecca Pilgrimage

Some 5,500 Muslims will attend the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia.

In an interview with The Standard, Hussein Shariff Omar, who will fly out today, said Kenyans have been travelling in batches. The last group of 1,000 pilgrims is expected to leave tomorrow.

He said a third of the Kenyan pilgrims are women.

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