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‘I was widowed at 26 but I pulled through’

Alice Jemeli Rotich Boit

Alice Jemeli Rotich Boit was just settling into married life to husband John Cheruiyot Boit in August 1986. In their third year of marriage, the couple had one son, Brian, and were expecting their second born in two months.

Then in April 1989, tragedy struck. John was involved in a road accident that took his life. Alice found herself a widow at 26.

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