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My ‘kidney baby’ symbol of hope for thousands

Millicent Njeri with her son Raymond King‘ara. She went through a kidney transplant three years ago. [PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]

When man loses hope, there ceases to be any reason to live. And many people give up along their life journey. But not so for Millicent Njeri, a young mother who has tens of reasons to live.

Ms Njeri carries the hope of more than 8,000 Kenyans who require expensive dialysis at least twice a week to keep them going.

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