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Love transcends language as deaf and dumb couple wed

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Thomas Likhodo and Grace Wanjiru exchange vows at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish church - Kiti, Nakuru County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

It was not your usual wedding ceremony. The couple did not hear guests who shouted their lungs out in congratulatory gestures.

Nor were they able to speak out in appreciation. It was their hearts and physical actions that communicated.

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