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A legacy of love: Saving her children from an inferno cost her life

Boniface Okendo, his wife Mary Atieno and children mark Kelly and Cindy Anyango Photo: Courtesy of family

Mary Atieno, 32, was washing clothes outside her house in Nairobi's Dandora estate when she heard a commotion inside.

It was followed by a stampede of feet, and shouts from her children who were in the kitchen watching over boiling milk.

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