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My child was sodomized
Oct 29 2008, Rose Ng'ang'a

“It was on a Monday morning when I was preparing to take my son back to school after a mid term vacation when I realized all was not well with him.

I almost picked a quarrel with him wondering why he took so long to put on his uniform but since...

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Students leave Georgetown Day School, after Michelle Obama visited the private school, in Washington on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. The future first lady is scouting new schools for her two daughters.

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