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Quotes

• “I was particularly shocked by a story appearing in The Standard about a woman who had died alone in the house due to Covid-19 scare and restrictions. I was like; excuse me, this happening in 2020? I knew I had to do something”
• “Kenya does not have public ambulances and I knew the answer to the escalating problem of losing mothers in labour was to provide not only a transport service but also a call-center that they could reach out to – one that was easily accessible to pregnant women – Wheels for Life”
• “While birthing Wheels for Life, I just tweeted to reach out to many Kenyans out there who would like to offer any assistance where possible to women in labour and couldn’t access the hospital, and the response was amazing leading to the inauguration of Wheels for Life on April 28th, 2020”
• “The sky is the limit, and I would like to see myself growing and pushing to spearhead the establishment of many such initiatives”
• “It breaks my heart to see teenage girls become mothers out of sexual abuse, early sexual debut, and other vices, and I would like to spearhead a movement that can deal with these teenage issues”

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