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Call for understanding: What it's like to live with epilepsy

Elizabeth Atieno, 25 , resident of Migori County who's battling with epilepsy. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard]

It's 2 pm, on a Wednesday in March. I meet Elizabeth Atieno, 25, in her parent's homestead in Migori County. Her eyes, distant yet piercing, hold tales of a journey most have never dared to tread. As the soft rays of the sun dance across her face, it unveils the unseen battle she fights daily -- a battle against epilepsy.

She narrates that she started experiencing the symptoms of this condition when she was three years old.

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