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Form four student partially blind after taking methanol

Philemon Limo, a form four student at Mercy Mission Hospital in Baringo,. The student is partially blind, a condition he sustained after consuming Methanol . JULY 6, 2017. PHOTO BY MERCY KAHENDA

In about four months, Form Four students across the country will be sitting their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.

But Kolowa Secondary School student Philemon Limo might not. He is now partially blind, thanks to the methanolhe consumed a week ago out of curiosity and peer pressure.

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