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Kenyan school girls’ Sh100 invention wins UN award

Keriko secondary school students Esther Amimo (left ) and Salome Njeri with their teacher Peter Mokaya presenting their winning project [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

A Sh100 project showcased by two Kenyan students has scooped a UN award in this year’s global science fair in the US.

The project titled ‘Essameter’, presented by Esther Amimo and Salome Njeri from Keriko Day Secondary school in Nakuru and coached by 2019 Global Teacher Award Winner Peter Tabichi, is a simple way to measure distances and can also accommodate blind and deaf users.

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