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Eric Munyiri: My mother refused to abort me

Jane Ngina and her son Eric Munyiri [File, Standard]

When Dr Joe Muriuki became the first Kenyan to declare he was HIV positive, his wife was three months pregnant with a son in 1989.

Though Jane Ngima, then only 26, tested negative, doctors advised that an abortion was the best route under the circumstances.

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