Why Dr Wambani is charting the way in specialty dominated by men

Kenya: In a male-dominated field, she has been the pioneer of sorts. Where few have dared tread, Dr Jeska Wambani chose, from her early childhood, that it was to be her destiny. The Chief Medical Specialist - Radiology at the largest referral hospital in the region, has taken it upon herself to give the best for the sake of her patients and also mentor many young doctors.

“My Standard One teacher Teresa Onzere, was an inspiration, in high schoo. My chemistry teacher Mr David Brooke, encouraged me to be the very best and while at the University Medical School, the anatomy teacher, the late Prof Kimani, amazed me by the amount of knowledge he had, and his prompt answers to my questions,” she says of those who nurtured her interests.