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What you need to know before you donate blood

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Alpha Kennedy Sanya, the highest blood donor in Kenya donates blood at the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) in Nakuru. He has donated 104 times. [File, Standard]

According to Gladys Omwenga, a Medical Laboratory Technologist at Mama Lucy Hospital Blood Donation Centre, some basic requirements are considered before a blood donation.

"A person can donate blood if they are 16 years to 65 with a minimum weight of 50 kilogrammes and a maximum weight of 120 kilogrammes but we do not encourage one to donate for the first time if they are 65 years old," she says.

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