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Raising my son as a widower

Wednesday Life: Single parenthood David Ngure during the interview and his son Michael Ngure. [ON 20/04/15 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]

Kenya: When David Ngure lost his first wife in 2002, life took a whole new meaning for him. Apart from having to deal with the accompanying grief, he also had to learn to be both the father and the mother to his son.

He was 26 when he suddenly became a widower. His son, Michael, was only two years old then.

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