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Kin endure challenges as they raise children with albinism

Kennedy Mabeya, 31, and his wife Barbara Otieno, 26, with their child at an event to mark World Albinism Day in Nairobi yesterday. The couple has endured taunting comments after their child was born with albinism yet the geneology of their family has no such condition. (PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/ STANDARD)

A couple has endured taunting comments after their child was born with albinism yet the genealogy of their family has no such condition.

Barbara Otieno, 26, and Kennedy Mabeya, 31, have had to contend with challenges since the birth of their one-year-old son, Theo Christopher Mabeya.

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