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Kisumu's Rabuor School boasts students with more English names than indigenous ones

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Kisumu County's Rabour Primary School is no ordinary institution. According to deputy headteacher Timon Owenga, half of the school's 1,000 pupils have English/foreign names only and the number keeps rising with each new admission.

"There is a positive side to this. Pupils with English/foreign names strive to behave like those they are named after. Mostly, they are outgoing and perform extremely well in academics," Owenga said.

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