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Francisca Achieng during the narration of the poem entitled HIV before First Lady at Our Lady of Grace and Compassion in Busia last Thursday. (PHOTO: JOHN MONDO/ STANDARD)
A teenager who moved First Lady Margaret Kenyatta to tears with her gripping poem about living with HIV/AIDS has died.
Eighteen-year-old Francisca Achieng' succumbed to the virus one week after her performance when Mrs Kenyatta visited Busia County to deliver a mobile clinic.
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