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Purrenting: More Kenyans acquire fur babies

Beautiful dogs in a row eating their food at the school. [Getty Images]

As everyone's minds were on who was going to be the next president on Monday, cat lovers in Kenya also had something else in mind. It was International Cat Lovers Day, and cat lovers around the country celebrated by posting pictures of their cats and pampering them.

Speaking of presidents, some countries have a 'First Pet' meaning a pet that belongs to the sitting president's family. A famous one is Bo, a pet dog to US President Barrack Obama's family.

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