The KCSE candidate who died painfully before doing his exams succumbed to a rare liver disease that had been troubling him throughout the year.
Naomi Kendi, mother of Nicholas Kairithia, said when her son started complaining of frequent stomachaches, she took her to Kenyatta National Hospital for further check-up, X-ray scans and treatment but to her shock, the doctors discovered a rare condition.
“Since January, my son started feeling unwell. He complained of stomachaches. I took him to Kenyatta National Hospital for scan. Doctors told me they discovered a rare growth on his liver. They proposed surgery. But this couldn’t happen before further tests and chest scans. The upper part encompassing the chest was healthy and for this, the doctors told me it was not suggestive of surgery. They told me they had never seen such a growth in the liver,” she said.
Kairithia was to sit his exams at Kamaro Secondary School in Tigania West Sub-county, Meru County.
County Commissioner Jacob Ouma confirmed the incident.
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Kendi said after doctors removed specimens of his ailing body part for further analysis at Agha Khan Hospital on October this year, the results were devastating.
“Doctors told me, the condition was at a stage they would do nothing. On Saturday evening around 5pm despite him showing some signs of recovery, he succumbed to the disease,” Kendi said at her home as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Kairithia’s brother Amos Kaimenyi appealed to well wishes to help their family because they had sold their only piece of land to cater for medication of his brother.
“I had committed myself to take care of him during his exam period. I would serve him fruits and energy-giving foods to see him overcome and perform but it is now too late.
We are drained of funds. We have already sold land and I appeal to well-wishers and governments to come to our aid to bury our brother,” Kaimenyi said in sobs.
By John Majau
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