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Pain and troubles of growing up a stammerer

Dominic Kiplimo CEO and founder of Be Patient Stammering Foundation. [Courtesy]

They have been ridiculed when growing up in a society that has failed to understand them. Jokes have been cracked and memes circulated making fun of stutters.

The latest joke is that of a phone call conversation with a stutter that makes the caller deplete his Sh50 airtime on greetings alone.

Those affected by the condition face emotional strain due to the frustrations brought about by their struggle to speak.

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