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My wish is to leave my painful and abusive life in the past: says Jackline Mwende

Slightly over three years since she was viciously attacked and her arms chopped off in “domestic tiff”, Jackline Mwende today moves her prosthetic arms with ease as she goes about her business at her Kathama village home in Machakos County.

Her scars are visible, the the wounds have healed, but she says she is still recovering emotionally.

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