Fred Otieno Gori’s mental health awareness walk from Migori to Nairobi is set to highlight the chronic lack of access to mental health services in Kenya outside Nairobi and other major cities. Gori, 47, reported that he had experienced sleep paralysis since childhood, but he believed his episodes to be demon attacks for many years.
A Migori-based advocate is preparing to undertake a 360-kilometre walk to Nairobi in a bid to spark a national conversation on mental health and push for greater awareness and support systems across Kenya. Fred Gori announced that he will walk from Migori to Nairobi later this year under the banner “Walking the Mind,” a campaign
