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Slum school where all pupils got 400 marks in KCPE

Keith Ang'ana 441 marks from Newlight Junior Academy taken on 30th December 2015. PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

NAIROBI: A tall building stands conspicuously among other old and semi-permanent structures that make up the Kayole slum.

It hosts the Newlight Academy that has set a record of having all the pupils who sat their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination at the school score above 400 marks.

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