Why people with diabetes should shun physically extreme protests

Participants during World Diabetes Day organised by Kakamega County Department of Health at Approved School of Kakamega, on November 14, 2023. [File, Standard]

When 24-year-old diabetes advocate Precila Ngipuo wrapped her arms around a tree in Lodwar, Turkana Central, she was not chasing attention. She was chasing survival, for herself and for thousands of poor diabetes patients whose daily lives are shaped by the high cost of medication, poor nutrition and constant vigilance.