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‘I can’t believe my daughter killed herself’

Rose Shimoli, 49, is in turmoil. She stares at the portrait of her late daughter Ruth Nekesa at Kaunda village in Kakamega County.

Nekesa, 15, committed suicide last week, leaving her parents devastated. The Form One student took her life after she was scolded for getting involved with boys.

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