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The embarrassment of having a mother’s name as surname

On weekends one of his schoolmates could yell: ‘Hey Alex! We need a woman to clean the dormitory!’

There could be silent displeasure among boys with their mother’s name for a surname.

Alex* is a third year student at a public university in Nairobi. He is among a growing number of young men who have to make do with their mother’s name as surname.

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