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ICT Ministry offers help to secure dying language

Leteiyo Leituko, 80, teaches his grandson the Yaaku language using a chart at their home in Kurikuri village, Laikipia County. [Kurian Musa, Standard]

It is 1pm and the scorching sun is overhead in Kurikuri village, about 250 kilometres from Nairobi.

We are at Manasseh Matunge’s home for an interview. From his homestead, we can see the picturesque Laikipia Plains and Mukogodo Hills.

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