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President William Ruto. [PCS]

Three days to Christmas, one hungry woman in Homa Bay County became the talk of her village after she violently turned away volunteers giving out mosquito nets. Reason? She wanted to die quickly so that she wouldn't have to face further economic hardships.

"The big people in Nairobi sent you here? Do they know the last time I had a meal? Go tell them that I want to die. Let malaria kill me. I don't need your nets," she held, brandishing a weapon.

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