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KELLY ANDREWS, left, Garrett Robinson and Jessica Kircher of Friends Together will be traveling to Tanzania to deliver school supplies and medical supplies. All three plan to hike up Mount Kilimanjaro while they are there. PROVIDED TO THE LEDGER.

They say that the word mother is a verb, not a noun, but for Susan Njue, 23, it was simply a synonym of sorrow while growing up.

Chen Xinyin, 48, has had a hard life. He lost his arms after suffering an electric shock at the age of seven, but still started working on the family farm. At the age of 20, his father died, leaving just Chen and his ailing mother to fend for themselves. As his mother got sicker and life got harder, someone suggested that Chen consider begging, but angrily replied, “I have no arms but I have good feet. I can’t go make that sort of money.”

Since losing his arms, Chen has learned to cook,...

Anxiety has gripped Bunda town since Sunday after outspoken Special Seats MP Esther Bulaya, who had earlier said she would seek CCM endorsement to vie for the Bunda Urban seat, announced in her facebook account that she has changed her mind and contest for Bunge via the Opposition.