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Long walk to school for African children

By JOSEPH KARIMI

My Standard One teacher and mentor, the late Dionisio Kariuki was a humble, God- loving fatherly figure. His home was on the Ng’ang’ariithi ridge, overlooking Nyeri town and right opposite our Karia home across the Kanoga stream.

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