Distressed single mother is selling her kidney to raise son’s school fees

Andreas Kamasah 10:16 - 29 January 2018

Aisha Juma from Mtwapa in the Kilifi County of the East African country told Tuko.co.ke that her intention has become the last resort after all efforts to get help from politicians and other wealthy people in the community failed.

When life becomes unbearable, people are tempted to do just anything to get relief. A Kenyan woman is fervently advertising the sale of her kidney to raise money to pay her son’s school fees and

Aisha said her two children fathered by two different men have become her burden as both men, an inspectorate officer and an Administration Police have abandoned her and the children.

“I have severally thought of taking my own life after my husbands abandoned me and refused to accept our sons. Life turned into a thorn and I can’t seem to find any help. So I have decided to sell one of my kidneys to get money that will help me school my sons and set up business to sustain us,” she said in an interview with Tuko.

Her first son, Himasi Juma who is currently in form four at Kamuiru Boys Secondary School is indebted to the school about KSh 106, 000 and Aisha bluntly said “I can't even afford his fare to school let alone pay him a visit and buy him the necessities. I only sent him to school this term with just fare, no pocket money. It is real stressing because as a parent I can't be able to provide for him yet he tells me he wants to finish school and join college. I can't help him realize his dreams. So I have decided to do anything possible to have him and his brother finish school.”

For emphasis, Aisha Juma said “I am serious I want to sell my kidney to get money so I can pay for my child’s fee and set up business to sustain us because life has become extremely hard and I have tried all means but no help is forthcoming not even from my relatives. I even camped at the governor's office to see him in hope of getting assistance but I was referred to the Constituency Development Fund offices.

“I am not able to go back to my food vending business as before because the doctor cautioned me against engaging in strenuous labor after giving birth through Caesarean section. I can run and work in a salon but I have not been successful in finding one or get money to open one,” the poor single mother added.

Aisha would like to be contacted on 0726304474 if anyone is in need of kidney to buy.