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How boarding school teenagers are starved of nutrients

Lisa Doherty, Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Ireland, serves Enkijape pupils in Imbirikani, Kajiado, after commissioning a new kitchen, 2018. [Peter Muiruri, Standard]

In recent days, high ranking education officials and a section of the public, when reacting to students’ indiscipline, have been painting a picture of ungrateful, bad-mannered and uncouth teenagers whose actions are influenced by narcotic drugs.

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