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Woman follows truck for 5km picking maize, grain by grain, to beat hunger

Kasichana Goshi from Petanguo village in Ganze Sub County,Kilifi County.PHOTO BY MAUREEN ONGALA/STANDARD.

An elderly widow yesterday walked for more than five kilometres picking grains of maize, accidentally dropping from a lorry transporting relief food in Kilifi County.

The act by Kasichana Goshi (pictured) paints a picture of the desperation and struggle thousands of families in Ganze, Magharini and Kaloleni constituencies are facing, due to lack of food.

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