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'I stayed away from school because of financial woes'

Lillian Baya with her mother Dhahabu Baya and her father Gunga Baya at their home at Madunguni village in Malindi Sub County. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard].

Lillian Baya, 19, missed school several times in the days preceding Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination.

Most of her classmates were younger than her because she was forced to drop out when her parents could not afford to pay school fees. 

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