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Gem chief who forced parents to take children to school

Odera Akang'o campus, Yala, Gem Constituency, Siaya County. [Titus Munala, Standard]

As the country is agonising about the lost opportunities for an estimated 300,000 learners who fell through the cracks last year after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are lessons the government can learn from one colonial chief.

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