Embu Woman Touched By Boy Selling Macadamia Nuts To Help Jobless Dad Promises To Build Them House

• Mwaniki Esther Mukami was heartbroken after meeting a little boy selling macadamia nuts to help his unemployed father
• Mukami noted that the boy lives in a one-room shelter with his father and other family members
• With the help of the compassionate community, she raised over KSh 30,000 and promised to build them a brick house

Embu - A kind-hearted woman has taken to social media to share the heartbreaking story of a boy who touched her heart.

Mwaniki Esther Mukami said she met a young boy selling macadamia nuts to help his family. She talked with the little one to learn more about his family's situation.

Embu kid selling macadamia

She had met the boy a few days before and visited him after her friend asked her to gift him KSh 500.

"When I met this boy on Saturday, I asked him what he had planned to do with the money he had earned from selling macadamia nuts. He told me he would buy the family's food.

He also said his father was out looking for food. Later, I found out the boy's father used to work as a watchman at Embu General Hospital until his contract ended suddenly last year. He wasn't paid for six months, got into debt, and couldn't feed his kids. So, the kids are helping him find food to survive. However, the father is still looking for a manual or watchman job," she disclosed in her post.

Mukami raises KSh 30,000 for Embu family

In an updated post, the political activist noted that she was moved to build a new house for the poverty-stricken family.

She also disclosed that, with the help of other well-wishers and the community that had formed a WhatsApp group, they had raised over KSh 30,000.

"We have raised KSh 30,250 to help this boy's family build a three-bedroom brick house. It's a family of 10 living in one room," she stated.

Omwansa Daniel builds mum three-bedroom house

Elsewhere, politician Omwansa Daniel, also known as Dr Baba Zuri, was over the moon as his mum's three-bedroom house, which would be surrounded by a perimeter wall and entailed unique features, was almost complete.

Dr Baba Zuri found himself on the streets after a bitter fallout between his father and mother, which left his dad in Nairobi while their mum moved upcountry to Kisii.

The young man clawed his way up the ladder until he became independent. He was a banker who also worked as a businessman and politician.

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