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St. Theresa’s Primary School

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John and his brother were enrolled in kindergarten in this Catholic school only a short walk from their apartment flat in Eastleigh. This unassuming structure provided some of the best elementary school education in the area.

First Street

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In his earliest years, John lived in the relatively more prosperous neighborhood of Eastleigh separated from the Mathare slum by a busy thoroughfare. He spent his first five years in the apartment building on the left with his mother (Keziah), half-brother (Daniel) and sister (Jane).