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Students of Starehe Boys' Centre perform a dance during the commemoration of the Centre's 60th Founders' Day at the school in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

In the late 1990s, students of Butere Girls High School used to march on roads and paths within the vicinity of the school. After stepping out of the main gate and onto Butere-Shiatsala road, they would take any direction—but always in the company of a teacher or teachers.

The institution was then headed by a vibrant lady by Mrs Ruth Otieno. The march always took place after the formal teaching which the Ministry of Education designates as 3.30pm. The students took long walks during games time along the busy Butere-Shiatsala road, either towards Butere Upper Market or towards Butere Lower Market. Sometimes, they branched off the main Butere-Shiatsala road into smaller roads.