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Coronavirus pushes children into hard labour to help families

Teenagers harvesting sand in River Kibos in Kisumu County (Photo: Denish Ochieng/Standard)

On a late Saturday evening, Mary* is clutching three containers full of home-made detergent.

“Can you please buy one. Mum said we have to get something for supper,” she murmurs to a motorist, looking frail and dejected.

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