Student beats diabetes to score 'A' in KCSE exams

He left Garissa as a Standard Six pupil in 2009 to come and live with his uncle in Nairobi. The hot Garissa weather made things difficult for him. For Liban Ahmed suffers from Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that was diagnosed in 2006.

Not only did he struggle to excel in his classwork, but he had to also contend with breathing difficulties, nausea and occasional vomiting. More often than not in the hot weather he suffered constant blurred vision where the writings on the blackboard looked more like musical notes. But in 2006, things took a nasty turn and he went into a coma and was rushed to hospital.