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Kenyan peacekeepers donate desks to school

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    The commanding officer of UNAMSIL’S Kenyan Battalion, KENBATT 6, Lt-Col Henry Kogo, has donated 98 desks worth US $840 to the Sierra Leone Islamic Federation Primary School at Masiaka in Port Loko District, the UN Mission reported on Tuesday.

    The desks, donated on Saturday, were paid for from contributions by the Islamic Fraternity of KENBATT 6, and a supplement from Lt-Col Kogo. Earlier in the week, he handed over the “Our Lady Queen of Peace” Church in Masiaka to Bishop George Biguzzi of the Makeni Catholic Diocese. The church, looted and destroyed during the conflict, was renovated by engineers, masons, carpenters and other personnel of the battalion, UNAMSIL reported.

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