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Mary Achieng at Nyayo National stadium where she was representing people with disability. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]
I was born in Seme Kombewa, Kisumu County 35 years ago. I was crippled by a Polio attack when I was six years, since I did not get early medical interventions.
After trying to treat me with herbal medicine to no avail, my mother took me to my uncle, a doctor who treated me. Though I became well, I was still limping. I joined Nyang’oma School for The Disabled in Pondo before I transferred to a school near our home.
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