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Class 8 candidate goes blind days before KCPE, misses exams

Stella Vaati, is a KCPE candidate at Kisole Primary School in Kitui County with her mother Kathini Maluki at Mwingi level IV hospital. The girl has gone blind, forcing her to miss her KCPE exams. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

Stella Vaati, 15, casts a forlorn look at her hospital bed at Mwingi Level IV Hospital where she sits idle most of the day even as her peers write their 2021 KCPE exams.

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