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I know this pain will fade away one day, says woman paralysed for 20 years

Margaret Achola, 60, who has been bedridden for the past 20 years since she lost the strength to leave her bed or do anything for herself at her Kisian home in Kisumu County in a picture taken on January 07, 2020. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

For over two decades, Margaret Ochola, 60, has been confined to her bed due to a spinal cord paralysis that started as back pain in 1993.By Mactilda Mbenywe

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