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Father to quintuplets born in Kisii wanted to become a priest

Sellah Nyanchera and her husband, Douglas Nyaoko, welcomed quintuplets on Thursday, April 15, 2021. [Eric Abuga, Standard] 

The father of five babies born on the same day at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital now says he had dreamt of being a priest.

Douglas Nyaoko, however, says that ambition took the back burner after he fell in love with Sellah Nyanchera, his now-wife. His family’s refusal to foot seminary fees also contributed to Nyaoko’s disinterest in becoming a clergy.

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