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Cure present, but Kenya yet to win TB war

A wheezing sound and a sharp chest pain, weakened limbs that slows movements leading to grimaced faces to depict highest degree of discomfort. These are some of the tribulations that Kenyan Tuberculosis patients have to undergo.

It is a disease that was once considered rare but dreaded. The symptoms were unknown but being that it is airborne, many people developed fear of contracting it.

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