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Taveta's twist and turn artist

Peter Wafula does what he does best at the Youth Friendly Centre within Taveta Hospital. PHOTOS: JECKONIA OTIENO 8 May 2016

In her song featuring Churchill, Jamaican songbird Alaine Laughton goes to Kakamega to look for Wafula. It would, however, appear she was wrong because Wafula is many kilometres from Kakamega and what he can do will leave even Alaine shocked.

Peter Wafula, 19, dropped out of class seven due to biting poverty and embarked on a journey that would thrust him into twisted stardom — quite literally. He is a contortionist.

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