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Children no one wants as clock ticks to phase out orphanages

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Children at Mama Ngina Children's home in Kisumu. Children rights experts say most children in such homes are not orphans. [File, Standard]

The cruelty of life on the streets almost stripped her of her innocence. But she still held on to her mother who had slipped deep into alcoholism.

Her step-father was also an alcoholic and for a long time, there was no one to take care of little Zane* or give her just a hug.

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