Participants march in Kisii town to mark World Sickle Cell Disease Day. [File, Standard]
Judith Akinyi dreams of giving birth to a girl. But that dream fades each time she watches her older children battle a pain she knows too well.
For the 35-year-old, motherhood has been marked by fear, with much of her life spent in hospital corridors, grappling with unanswered questions.
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