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‘I woke up one day and all was dark’, the story of Winnie Awino

Johnson Kitetu (right )assists Winnie Awino (left) with Johnson Riungu (centre) who are both visually impaired to walk on the right path.Director Kenya Society for the Blind Juliana Kivasu challenged the transport department to consider introducing white cane into the driving curriculum to make mobility easy for the visually impaired .PHOTO.FIDELIS KABUNYI

“I retired to bed but when I woke up the following day, all was dark...”

That is how Winnie Awino, 24, summarises her loss of vision five years ago.

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