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Superstition hinders cleft palate treatment

Carolyne Nanjala cuddles her son Ibrahim after he underwent a free corrective cleft lip surgery at Kakamega County Referral Hospital. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

When Carol Nanjala gave birth to her son eight months ago, her joy was soon cut short following the discovery that the baby had a cleft lip.

Devastated, Nanjala said she had never experienced such a condition in her family and worse, the feeling that the condition would be permanent kept haunting her.

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