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A sad thing happened in my home village. One old man who was among the last octogenarians left standing passed away. Normally, when such senior citizens pass, they don’t attract much grief but in this part we had a reason to grief.
For most of those who don’t know, Kiambu is a place where there is a dwindling population of old men. Old women above the age of 70 outnumber men by a ratio of 10:1 although the ratio is 1:1 in the other age groups.
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