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Falling standards in Kenya?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Kembo Sure
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An account of the state of English in Kenya and local attitudes towards the language

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English Today , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 23 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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