Edgar Omoke Getugi suffers from keratoconus, a vision disorder that occurs when the usually round cornea (the front part of the eye) becomes thin and irregular, or cone-shaped.
Edgar Omoke Getugi is distressed after being denied the opportunity to study medicine in university despite excelling in his secondary school national examinations.
He is one of the candidates who performed well in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams, despite an eye disorder that started developing when he was in Standard Three.