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Farida Kavere: An emergency worker who saved a child from choking to death in a matatu

Farida Kavere [photo courtesy]

A selfless off-duty Emergency Medical Technician who also doubles up as the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) women’s basketball team doctor saved a month–old baby from the jaws of death in a matatu heading to Kisumu.

Faridah Kavere happened to be one of the passengers who was travelling to the lakeside city when a baby who was in the company of her mother, choked from a blocked air pathway.

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