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Creating David Ruwa ep47

It was going to be a long journey. Long and lonely. But looking at the time I had between me and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education(KCPE) examinations, I had zero alternatives. Expectations. My own and those of my teachers and family toward me. I had to get back up and reclaim ‘my lost glory’ however far it seemed. I was not at ease and I did not even have time to realize it then.

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