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Model starts drive for Conjestina Achieng's treatment

Miss Eastlands Nairobi Eveleen Mingoye (left) with former boxer Conjestina Achieng at the latter’s home in Yala, Siaya County. The model has started a campaign to raise funds for Conjestina to undergo treatment in India for schizo-affective disorder. (PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/ STANDARD)

Siaya, Kenya: Former female World Boxing Champion Conjestina Achieng's family is disappointed in the Government following the state of the once renowned pugilist.

Conje, as she is commonly referred to, left Nairobi after apparently failing to take care of herself and was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder or paranoid schizophrenia.

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