Resounding success: How new surgery at KNH is restoring children's hearing

Winket Wambui and her daughter, Goretti at KNH for cochlear implant switch-on, on January 14, 2026. [Maryann Muganda, Standard]

At Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Winket Wambui, aka Mama Goretti, sits quietly in a boardroom, surrounded by doctors from the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department.

Beside her, holding her hand tightly, is her seven-year-old daughter, Goretti. The child’s face is calm, almost expressionless, but her mother’s eyes are wet with tears, tears she admits are not of pain, but of overwhelming joy.