A foul smell assaults your senses as you enter Silanga slum in Kibra, Nairobi. Navigating the back alleys of the slum on a wheelchair is impossible, forcing Ndamberi and other disabled people of Kibra to become lifetime prisoners in their own shanties. He used to wake up with a cigarette on the left corner of his mouth every morning for 20 years. “After numerous tests, the medics confirmed to me my worst fear: I was going to lose one of my limbs. This, they said, was a result of a blocked blood vessel and damaged tissues brought about by smoking tobacco,” he says.

Source: The Star October 08, 2020 01:52 UTC