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Kisumu's Rabuor School boasts students with more English names than indigenous ones

Kisumu County's Rabour Primary School is no ordinary institution. According to deputy headteacher Timon Owenga, half of the school's 1,000 pupils have English/foreign names only and the number keeps rising with each new admission.

"There is a positive side to this. Pupils with English/foreign names strive to behave like those they are named after. Mostly, they are outgoing and perform extremely well in academics," Owenga said.

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