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When Andrew Ndiuini joined Baraka Kirori Academy in Nyeri town, he had no idea that he would learn more than he had bargained for - sign language. Yet fate had it that Ndiuini would take role of interpreter whenever Samuel Wachira, the school cook, needed to communicate something to pupils during meal times.
Wachira was born deaf and he learnt to accept that people may not always understand his hearing disability. But things got more complicated when he landed a job at a school; somehow, he had to efficiently communicate with tens of pupils.
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