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Obama schools in poor state, lack classrooms and learning material

Some of the dilapidated classrooms at Senator Barack Obama Primary School in Siaya. Inset: The school's head teacher, Charles Ochieng. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

After former US president Barack Obama’s visited Kogelo 14 years ago, two schools were named after him – Senator Obama Primary and Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary.

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