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Pamela Achieng: Removal of my lung eased 24-year pain

Pamela Achieng together with her husband Moses Otieno at their home Katito Kisumu County. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard]

It is a bright Monday afternoon and I am driving to Katito, about 30km from Kisumu City.

After nearly an hour’s drive, I arrive at the home of Pamela Achieng, a 55-year-old mother whose cheerful smile greets me at the gate. At first glance, she looks radiant, the kind of woman whose laughter could fill a room.

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