Three people who were injured during viewing of former prime minister’s body at the Kasarani stadium are yet to get proper medication and are now appealing for help.
The victims are nursing fractures at their homes in Nairobi and were unable to view Raila’s body as they wished.
Among them is Lynett Achieng, a mother of four and a resident of Mathare area 4 along Juja road.
Atieno sustained a fracture on her left foot which has limited her to bed; today she requires about two people to assist her when moving out of her house and other basic tasks.
“That day we woke up very early and left to the city centre where Raila’s body was supposed to be taken but it was later announced that the viewing had moved to Kasarani,” Achieng recalled.
“When we arrived, everything was well, then at some point a stampede occurred and, in the process, I fell down and felt a sharp pain on my foot,” shared Achieng, adding that this made her lose her consciousness.
She woke up later on in hospital bed at Nema hospital with her foot heavily bandaged but now in pain owing to forming puss since she is yet to get proper treatment.
“My intention was to view Raila’s body and confirm he was dead but I almost died. My life has taken a different twist because at this state I cannot do manual jobs which I used to do to feed my children” Achieng said appealing for help to get proper medication
Another victim, Robert Muli is nursing a fractured middle finger of his right hand and one of his front teeth was plucked.
“I was among those who managed to get into the stadium and when stampede started security team came for us in the dais,” Muli shared
He added, “three security men descended on me and lost consciousness after one of them kicked me on the face, later on, I woke up at blue house hospital and was told one of my friends assisted me all the way from Kasarani with his motorcycle,”
Muli says owing to this, he is unable to do anything for himself like before and now depending on his elderly father and yet to get specialised treatment on his fractured finger.
Meanwhile Brian Omondi sustained injuries on his head and the right eye, that day he was left lying on the ground until his brother was called to pick him.
Omondi was attended to in a nearby clinic before being transferred to Kenyatta National hospital.
“He has recovered a bit but the doctors told us his eye might not see again, it is a burden for us because we have been unable to raise Sh15,000 for medical bills,” his brother Fidel Odhiambo said.
