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A Brazilian woman, Antonia Maria Ahuta, and her Kenyan husband Mr Charles Ahuta, at her Kongoni area Lukuyani in Kakamega County during the interview. She wants the Kenyan government to assist in tracing her family which she claimed to have stayed for long without contact. (PHOTO: PETER OCHIENG'/ STANDARD)
Her life reads like a South American Soap opera gone horribly wrong.
Unlike a classic example of a young girl who dreams of escaping from poverty by marrying a suitor from a rich family and lives happily ever after, Maria Antonia Barbosa Dos Santos’ dream of escaping from poverty have remained a mirage and turned her life into a nightmare.
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