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Retired but not tired: Kenyans speak out

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Mrs Ruth Adaka displays some flowers and decorations flower at her home in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia. [Osinde Obare, Standard]

Cambridge Dictionary describes retirement as the act of leaving your job and stopping working.

But for some like Thomas Barasa, a retired school principal, Ruth Adaka, a former nurse, and Philemon Samoei, a former military officer, retirement offered them another chance to serve society.

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