On this weekend when we catch up with her, she weaves her way through Karanja Road to her mother’s house. For 13 years, Asha did not know the woman she called ‘mum’ was not her biological mother. she did not secure her secondary school admission due to a mishap in applications: she was admitted to Starehe Boys Centre, a boy’s school and not Limuru Girls, her dream school. So Asha joined Moi Girls’ School Nairobi and after her A-Levels in 1984 she joined the University of Nairobi School of Medicine where she specialised in dental surgery. “Each day, I want to be part of that journey that brings change in Kibra and among the Nubian community.

Source: Standard Digital March 27, 2021 21:21 UTC