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Two people arrested in Narok for marrying off a ten-year-old girl

NAROK: A ten year old girl from Olkinyei area in Narok South Sub County has been rescued by the local provincial administration from early marriage.

The standard two pupil at Olarowan primary school had been married off to a 29 year old man after he paid dowry that included two cows, several goats, sheep, blankets and Maasai shukas to the girl's father in an elaborate ceremony at Oldonyo Rasha village last Friday evening.

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