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I lost my eyesight but not my dream

Blind Lazarus Omusula working on computer at a first Blind Cyber cafe at Institute of the Blind in Nairobi West on 02/02/16 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

The year 2008 was a dark year for me, for it was when I lost my eyesight.

Before then, I‘d had challenges having suffered from poor vision right from childhood. I, however, could not receive proper medical care since my parents were poor and not fully informed about my condition.

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