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Woman does hard labour to crash stones, help payment of hubby cancer treatment

Judith Akinyi crashes stones in Idangalasia village in Kakamega county. Akinyi was forced into the hustle to raise money to treat her ailing husband who was diagnosed with cancer. [Mumo Munve, Standard]

She is used to hard work and is a study in grit and optimism for many in Mumias. Hammers are her tools of the trade and the stones in the compound her livelihood. 

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