Hope in sight for locals as cases of punishing eye disease reduce

Dr Ezekiel Tallam with patients who have undergone surgery to treat trachoma, on January 14. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

For a 70-year-old with impaired vision and no one to help him back up when he stumbles, life can be a punishment.

Asman Chepochepunjo has been living alone in Chemsarel village in Tiaty, Baringo County, after he was abandoned by his family when he became blind.