Pauline Gatwiri: My rare condition requires a Sh80,000 jab every quarter

Pauline Gatwiri, 26, their home in Chiara Village, Meru County. Gatwiri was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. [Edwin Gitonga, Standard]

For 26-year-old Pauline Gatwiri, her life has been one battle after another trying to seek treatment for a condition few people have heard about or experienced.

In her home at Chiara Village in Abothuguchi West ward in Meru County, Gatwiri is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a rare condition where her immune system attacks the brain and the spinal cord.