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'I was eating supper with my family when I had a stroke'

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Stephen Phinehas, 53 , is battling stroke. [Courtesy]

One evening at around 7pm, Stephen Phinehas, a father of two and a pastor, was eating supper his family when he sensed something was amiss.

"I just suddenly started having trouble speaking. I couldn't understand what my children and wife were saying. I felt confused, my speech was slurred. I suddenly lost my balance," Stephen a 53-year-old resident of Makueni County narrates.

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