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KCSE candidate dies after delivery in Homa Bay

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Velma Anita Ochieng died an hour after giving birth via a caesarian section on November 28.

A family in Homa Bay is in mourning after their kin is reported to have died while giving birth at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital.

Velma Anita Ochieng, 19, a student at Nyajanja Mixed Secondary School in Rangwe Sub-County, was set to take her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams later in the week.

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