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Weight loss: When Sen Cleophas Malala and MP Abdulswamad were real heavyweights without the politics

Senator Malala (left) when he weighed over 100 kilograms. [File, Standard]

It took Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala jetlag following an 18-hour direct flight to the US to come to terms with his weight issues.

With severe back pain, away in a foreign land, and unable to buy painkillers over the counter, he had to go to the hospital. 

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