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From despair to dreams: How bursary funds are transforming the Pokot community

West Pokot governor Simon Kachapin when he appeared before the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAIC) at Parliament buildings,Nairobi. September 11th,2023.  [FILE/Standard]

For decades, the Pokot community in Kenya’s arid North Rift region bore the scars of poverty, cattle rustling, and relentless banditry. In villages scattered across West Pokot County, the sound of gunfire often silenced the dreams of children whose only wish was to go to school.

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