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Cancer: Agony of Abdi Aziz Adan who suffers from rare condition among his age mates

Photo: Aziz being comforted by Babadogo County Rep Shadrack Juma in Agha Khan Hospital where he had just undergone a chemotherapy session.

By Mwaura Samora

Our vehicle meanders through the sprawling Korogocho slums, where all the trappings of a low income neighbourhood are in grim display. Food vendors churning barrel-loads of dough being churned to make kaimati, chapati and mandazi, small shops with dark interiors, water selling kiosks and bare-bellied children eagerly running at us.

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