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Woman driven by diabetes to keep pedigree goats inspires villagers

Grace Muthoni tends to six goat kids at her home in Miiri village in Mathira, Nyeri county. [Jacinta Mutura]

Grace Muthoni did not enjoy a normal childhood. She was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 14-years-old. Her lifestyle changed since her teenage to date as she has had to observe a good diet so as to tame her condition.

The 46-year-old woman who hails from Miiri village, Mathira Constituency in Nyeri County quit her accounting job in Nairobi after her condition got worse and lost sight in one eye. Her doctor instructed her to avoid milk with cholesterol and she had to change to drinking goat milk which has less fats.

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