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Leah Wanjiru sits alone on a plastic chair outside her home in Pipeline Estate, on the outskirts of Nakuru city.
Before her lies a crumpled khaki paper bag, its contents spilling out, a confusing assortment of medicines.
She carefully sorts through them, returning some and pulling others out, her frail hands betraying the weight she carries. Cancer has taken almost everything from her — her health, strength and savings. Then, at her darkest hour, her husband walked away.
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