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It only hurts when you cry

By Kariuki Muthui

It is hard to be idealistic in today’s Kenya. All around us, depressing facts abound — from corruption to crushing poverty. Imagine how much worse it must feel to be surrounded by so much external negativity while suffering from a chronic disease. Would you have the will to go on? Would you fight?

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