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Teacher’s 39-year battle with diabetes

Electine Angatia injects her husband, Jotham Angatia with insulin at their home in Ibokolo area of Butere in Kakamega County. Angatia has lived with diabetes for 39 years. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

When Jotham Angatia collapsed during a party organised to celebrate his stellar performance in the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) exams in December 1980, his family thought he had been bewitched.

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