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Kenyans paying dearly to stitch the stomach for quick weight loss

John Nyanje underwent bariatric surgery to have weight loss. [Courtesy]

On Wednesday morning, Caro lay on her hospital bed at the Nairobi Hospital waiting to undergo a procedure she believed would change her life.

She had thought about it, consulted, prayed and was convinced the solution to managing her weight was a gastric bypass surgery.

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