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Dr Laura Musambayi who works at the Spinal Injury Hospital in Nairobi and lives with multiple sclerosis since her day in Secondary School. [File, Standard]

Multiple sclerosis may not have a cure but that will not stop Dr Laura Musambayi from living a full life. By JECKONIA OTIENO

One of Laura Musambayi‘s lowest moments was her transfer from Alliance Girls High School to Kianda School because of a strange debilitating disease.

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