By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
An elderly widow from Mwingi North sub county is appealing to well-wishers to intervene in a double plight that has dogged her for 14 years. Mama Wainji Maluki lost her husband, Silas Maluki in a tragic road accident on January 24, 2012. She is also battling colon cancer.
The late Maluki was an employee of the Kenya Pipeline Company. He was involved in a fatal road accident when a public service vehicle he was travelling in rammed into the back of a trailer along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
His 58-year-old widow can no longer afford travelling to Nairobi to attend cancer treatment which requires KSh82,000 every session. Amid sobs, she offers a passionate plea for help, "I need assistance either from the government, our elected leaders or well-wishers. I need to be paid the compensation money so that I can complete my cancer treatment before the worst happens".
During an interview with MWINGI TIMES last week, she said a Makindu court awarded her KSh3million compensation in 2019 but she has not received any coin.
She said that the law firm that represented her in the compensation case has not released the initial KSh1.5million that was deposited into their account.
Documents seen by MWINGI TIMES show that
the Directline Insurance company paid the first instalment to the law firm's account. The insurance company had no issues as it went ahead to deposit another KSh1.5million in a joint interest generating account as directed by court.
Mrs Wainji Maluki appeals for help to access the compensation funds awarded to her by Makindu Senior Resident Magistrate A. Ndung'u. The family sold much of its property while pursuing this case.
In 2020, Wainji was diagnosed with colon cancer, a life threatening condition. Both cancer treatment and pursuing the compensation case of her late husband have exhausted all her savings which resulted in selling off most of her prime property. They include a developed plot in Kamuwongo Market.
Mama Wainji Maluki was a diligent trader before she got sick. She sold clothes and cereals. "Previously I ran shops where I sold clothes and cereals. I used my money pursuing the compensation case after my husband's death", she said.
The mother of eight revealed that her last born child dropped out of Mitunguu National Vocational Training College due to inability to pay school fees.
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