'I no longer live in fear of having seizures'

Stecy Kwamboka Obare. She was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2006 at the age of five. [Eric Abuga, Standard]

For years, Stecy Kwamboka Obare lived in fear. Because of the constant threat of seizures, there were days she was afraid to cook in her rented house at Jogoo Estate, Kisii or go to work.

Born at Rigena Village, Kerera location Keumbu, Kwamboka, now 24, was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2006 at the age of five. Hers was not an easy journey to the discovery that she was epileptic.