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Dorcas Masika: I dream of breathing without an inhaler

Dorcas Masika who is asthmatic, is a student at Egerton University where she is studying towards a Bachelor of Science in Statistics. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard]

In 2002 when Dorcas Masika was three months old, her mother noticed that she had difficulty breathing and was "wheezing".

Now 20 years old, Dorcas narrates that being the sixth born in her family, her mother was quite familiar with the symptoms. Her mother, father and elder siblings often experienced them.

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