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Residents marvel as blind children pluck out jiggers

Student from Thika School for the blind assisted to pluck out jiggers from an invested person. (Photo:Munene Kamau/Standard)


By Munene Kamau

The 60 blind children alighted from their school bus at Kihumbuini village in Gatanga Constituency, Murang’a County, last Saturday with one mission in mind: To fight the jigger menace in the area.

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