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54-year-old blind and diabetic teacher who still loves changing children's lives

Jotham Angatia, a blind teacher of Ibokolo primary school in Butere. He has been teaching for years besides his challenges. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Jotham Angatia started teaching in 1987 and he has never looked back.

Angatia had just completed A-Level at St Peter’s Mumias High School and the government deployed him as an untrained teacher at Ematawa Primary School in Butere, Kakamega County.

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