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Puzzle of empty school as others battle congestion

A section of Nyakinyua Primary School at Mjengo in Nyeri Town. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Children living in Witemere village in Majengo informal settlement in Nyeri town have to cross River Chania to attend school or brave heavy traffic to get to school.

This is despite the fact that in the middle of the sprawling settlement, the largest in the town, there is a newly-built public school with no children.

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