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With love, from Mbagathi Primary School

As we celebrated the International Women’s Day dinner at the InterContinental-Nairobi on Thursday March 8, one thing prominently stood out — the paintings hung on the walls at the conferencing and banqueting foyer.

No, they were not those pricy Victorian paintings we love to buy in auctions, but simple, yet detailed portraits of some of Kenya’s powerful women.

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