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Kenya’s oldest school stands tall 164 years later

By Amos Kareithi

The simple looking rectangular buildings, with their faded whitewash once held great expectations to the two pioneers who hoped to utilise it as a stepping stone to civilise a people they perceived to be barbaric and ungodly.

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