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Dr Eddie Mairura: 'Sometimes I went for 30 hours without sleep'

Dr Eddie Mairura.

When Dr Eddie Mairura was born in Kisii County, he had to live with his grandparents as his parents flew for training in the USA, a year later.

They later returned to Kenya, moved to Nairobi where he attended Riara School and Dagoretti High School, but come 2000 his family finally relocated to the USA.

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