Naomi Wambui, a Kenyan national, has said that she did not defraud Kenyans out of their money when she requested for a series of harambees to sort out her medical expenses. Naomi has been suffering from a heart ailment and goiter, conditions that have seen her undergo major surgical operations in her throat and eye.
Naomi has decided to go public with clarifications because certain members of the Kenyan community in Stockholm have been spreading propaganda that she had a residence permit to live in Sweden yet she decided to call harambees to help sort out her medical bills. People with residence status in Sweden normally have their medical bills sorted out by their insurance companies or the state.
“I do not have a residence permit to live in Sweden and all the money Kenyans have so far donated have gone towards my medical expenses”, Naomi told Kenya Stockholm Blog.
According to documents produced by Naomi, Stockholm Care, a company that has been handling her medical her bills, Naomi’s cumulative bill was sorted out at the tune of 89,381 kr (excluding medication costs). To treat her goiter, Naomi underwent an operation that cost 58.000 kr while an eye complication that resulted from her goiter was treated through another operation that cost a total of 35.000 kr (including medication).
At the moment, Naomi is awaiting a heart surgery and she has appealed to Kenyans spreading malicious stories about her fund raising activities to get in touch with Kenya Stockholm Blog or herself to examine documents related to her treatment.
“I take this opportunity to thank Kenyans who have donated generously towards my treatment together with different Church groups who have been helping me financially”, she told Kenya Stockholm Blog.
Naomi’s eyes, which have been bulging out of proportion as a consequence of her sickness, have retreated after her latest operation. She told Kenya Stockholm blog that the negative stories that have been circulating around her name could have killed her were it not for the grace of God. She appealed to Kenyans with genuine questions about her condition to get in touch with her for further information instead of spreading false rumours that are not helping in her recovery. “I did not defraud Kenyans in any way”, she told Kenya Stockholm Blog.
Okoth Osewe
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