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Perminus Nyakundi was going to be a neurosurgeon, but cancer crashed his dream...

Perminus Nyakundi (R), who was battling leukemia but still managed to score straight As in 2012 KCSE examinations

NAIROBI, KENYA: When a pupil scores straight As in their KCSE examinations under normal circumstances that's a bright student. But when the same student scores straight As under extraordinary circumstances, that is a genius. Perminus Nyakundi is a genius.

The young man sat his KCSE exams and scored straight As in all his papers despite the fact that five months prior to the national examinations he was away from school undergoing intense chemotherapy for leukemia (blood cancer).

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