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Joyce Waithera: I found out I had epilepsy, and it all started with a headache

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Joyce Waithera a resident of Mathagauta village, Nakuru county, was diagnosed with Epilepsy. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard]

For Joyce Waithera, 21, a resident of Mathagauta village, Nakuru County, life was 'just pretty' until Class Five when she first felt a headache.

"I thought it was just a normal headache. My parents didn't pay much attention to it either since they also thought the same," Joyce says.

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