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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ "5 Steps to get you Writing Kimeru like a Njuri Ncheke Editor - The Ameru". The Ameru. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
