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Homeless woman delivers baby girl at Uhuru Park moments after being fired

Rebecca Atieno, 20, who gave birth at Uhuru Park [Photo: Anyango Otieno]

Moments after being fired from her hotel job on Tuesday, Rebecca Atieno, 20, headed to Nairobi's Uhuru Park, the only place she could find a moment's solace.

Confused, hopeless and reeling from the symptomatic third-trimester pregnancy exhaustion, she found a spot at the park where she hoped to gather her wits.

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