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The Nyong’o's: How family’s value for education created an ‘empire’

Governor Nyong’o's family [Photo: Courtesy]

Canon Hesbon Nyong’o valued education and was instrumental in the establishment of Maseno Girls Primary School.

With his wife Dorca, they ensured that their 10 children got a decent education, ultimately creating some kind of a scholarly family ‘empire’ before his death in 2006.

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