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Matatu work paid for my degree

By By Kiundu Waweru | Nov. 24, 2013
  
Patrick Wainaina
      Patrick Wainaina   PHOTO BY JENIPHER WACHIE

By Kiundu Waweru

Every year, thousands of students sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams. But of this number, only a handful gets to pursue tertiary education.

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