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Could this be the poorest school in Kenya?

A teacher instructs her pupils at Kotuga Primary school in Suna West Migori County on January 23, 2018 [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

It is 7.30am. Pupils at Koguta primary school in Migori County is settling in for yet another day. Except that for the youngest learners, there is no ‘in’ to settle into.

In a makeshift classroom, more than 50 children scramble for the few stones that serve as their desks.

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