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Alice Khasiala, 32, hurriedly hides her five-month-old quadruplets, all boys, inside her mud-walled house at Eshiahala village in Shinyalu, Kakamega County.
Her Luhya sub-tribe's cultural beliefs and norms forbid a woman who gives birth to twins, triplets, or quadruplets from allowing people to see her bundles of joy when they are below seven months.
"I wasn't expecting you; no one is allowed to see my sons. However, I will allow you to take photos from a distance," Khasiala says as she wraps one of her son's in a heavy warm piece of cloth.
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