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Re: Tanzania’s Conjoined Twins, Handicapped Heroes, Die At 21 by Walinco(m): 11:56am On Jun 04, 2018
JosWatchDog:
Two conjoined sisters, who became famous when they began their studies at a Tanzanian university last September, have died at the age of 21 following a long illness, the president of the east African nation announced on Sunday.

Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti, who were joined at the abdomen, become minor celebrities in Tanzania where the media had closely followed their path through high school.

Their admission to the Ruaha Catholic University in Iringa in September 2017 had marked a first in a country where disabled people are often marginalised or abandoned at birth.

They had begun a course in education with a view to becoming teachers in history, English and Swahili, when they became ill in January, notably suffering from cardiac problems.

“I am saddened by the death of twins, Maria and Consolata. When I last visited them at the hospital they prayed for the nation. My condolences to their family… Rest in peace my children,” President John Magufuli tweeted.

After an apparent improvement in their health, the sisters continued their treatment at a hospital near their university, where they died on Saturday.

The twins were abandoned by their mother after the death of their father, and later taken in by a Catholic mission.

In an emotional statement on state television last July, Maria urged parents not to “hide or lock up their handicapped children”.

“They must know they as human beings, handicapped or not, are equal and have the same rights,” she said.

At the time, the sisters, who enjoyed knitting and cooking together, thanked the teachers who helped them through high school, as well as the government who provided a vehicle to take them from their home to school each day.

“We didn’t expect this day to come, it is by the grace of God that we are here today,” said Consolata, the chattier of the two, on their admission to university.


Source: http://www.jtownconnect.com.ng/2018/06/tanzanias-conjoined-twins-handicapped.html

Bro this walinco from madawaki thread..Hope the moral is still high?
Re: Tanzania’s Conjoined Twins, Handicapped Heroes, Die At 21 by blazer2018: 12:18pm On Jun 04, 2018
abiodunalasa:
That's how one Blind guy in my class back in University was so brilliant.
He copied notes and write his exam with the aide of his Laptop.

During exam our useless colleagues will rush to go and sit behind him so that they can copy him because he's so brilliant cry
The day our lecturers find out, they rain curse on those useless good for nothing youths with two working eyes copying the work of a Blind nigga.
The blind guy later went to study law... And graduated with 2.1

So many great handicap people in Nigeria!

But I think they are great because they are handicapped.

"But I think they are great because they are handicapped"....because they have little or no distractions in their lives...no dating, no partying

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Re: Tanzania’s Conjoined Twins, Handicapped Heroes, Die At 21 by Thesia(f): 6:36pm On Jun 07, 2018
So sad....

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