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Woman in distress after losing entire family to tragedies

Joyce Ong'ombe and her daughter Geogin Aoko.[Photo, courtesy]

Joyce Ong'ombe, a woman grappling with unimaginable loss, is fighting for her life at Kenyatta National Hospital after a gas boiler explosion during a holiday in Mombasa.

The incident marks the latest in a series of tragedies that have claimed all six members of her family over the past 14 years.

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