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Hunger, thirst keeping children out of school

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Dhahabu Adan at Bula Primary school with her two children. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

It is a Tuesday morning but the classroom is locked with a padlock. Young boys herding livestock stop by and take shelter from the scorching as they play with marbles on the verandah.

An elderly man clothed in a 'shuka' comes by and unlocks the door to one of the classrooms.

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