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Bungoma family with money in hand waits for daughter's call

Getrude Wabwa mother to Ann Simiyu during the interview with The Standard. PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA

NAIROBI: On May 17 this year, Francis Simiyu received a call from an unknown number and the caller turned out to be his missing daughter Anne Simiyu.

“I am stranded. Kindly send me Sh500 so that I can board a bus home,” she mumbled into the phone saying she was in Kisumu but was yearning to return home.

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