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Authorities have warned Kenyans against falling trap of unscrupulous individuals soliciting for help to raise cash to help them seek medical treatment of cancer in the country.
This comes after a woman who claimed to be suffering from multiple types of cancers is said to have raised up to Sh18 million from social media fundraising. The woman, who identified herself as Betty Emmy alleged that she had cancer of the liver, blood and spleen, and called on social media users to help her raise money for her treatment.
Betty’s story came to limelight when she sought assistance from the wife of a governor, but well-wishers who responded to her plea for help now say they have learned that she was a fraudster.
Betty claimed to have been diagnosed with stage four primary liver cancers and stage three secondary lung cancer, which she recovered from. However, according numerous posts she made, her illness turned worse and was “now undergoing treatment in London and has since gone into remission”.
“I experienced a recurrence of secondary gastric cancer stage four and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia stage three (brain metastasis) and I am currently battling one primary cancer and three secondary cancers. Please help Betty continue with her treatment in London,” a poster she was using to seek funds read.
Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation, an organization she associated herself with as a cancer warrior, distanced itself from Betty, saying she was not part of the firm.
Juliah Muriuki, who assisted Betty during her medical trials and tribulations, said Betty’s case might not be genuine. “It seems like the story was just a story to raise money,” she said.
Muriuki said that when she planned an event at Kenyatta National Hospital to celebrate her birthday with cancer patients, Betty showed up.
“This girl stole the show. She repeated her story to everyone who cared to listen and after the event she started asking for cash from the group,” says Muriuki.
According to Muriuki, she had helped raise Sh18 million for Betty, who was scheduled to travel to London’s Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead for treatment.
Muriuki however says that they suspected she was a fraud after she got upset after they demanded to see photos of her in hospital. “She reached out to us seeking Sh12 million. When we demanded pictures from her she got really upset and even refunded Sh5,500,” said Muriuki.
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Does she knows what she is talking about? With all those cancers in stage 4 & 3. She would be dead or on death-bed. Stage 4 liver cancer and another stage 4 gastric cancer is not a joke followed by chronic lymphocytic leukaemia stage 3 (brain metastasis) & stage 3 lung cancer.
@Kenya, you nailed it! She is stupid! She does not understand the pathophysiology of the disease process! Perhaps hospice Care is what she 'needed' to say the least. Sad indeed.
GUEST 1,KENYA and GG are just jealous that the conguy is a woman mwenye akili to con wanjinga wanaKenya shs 18 million.Con game is not a monoply of kina majambazi Uhuru,Kibaki,Jirongo,Ngilu or wauaji Raila,Moi,Kabogo,Joho etc,apana.Let others also have their share.Swali kidogo tu-Have you ever an African Kenyan by the name-BETTY EMMY?Sio Wambui,Atieno,Cheruto.Dada yangu,Betty,endelea
At this point, everyone must be macho after pyramid schemes, go fund me, missionary trip. People trying everywhere to enjoy your money.
Have you noticed that almost all con-artists (matapeli) are chritians and muslims! This has to be expected of a christian or a muslim.
Let us look at the world map and see what people claiming to be christians or muslims have stolen. People coming from Europe who were all christians invaded the lands of the current nations of North, Central, and South America including the lands in the Caribbean Islands where they stole the lands of the indigenous people while exterminating millions of them.
It just did not stop in the Americas. The European christians invaded, conquered and illegally occupied Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and all the islands of the pacific. After this, they imported all their decadent cultural values from Europe to these physically and mentally defeated people.
This lady was just trying to be a good christian - a thief. Guess what her name is, "Betty Emmy." If you find an African who is a christian or a muslim and has names from these two arrogant religions, run as fast as you can. I don't blame her. She was making every effort to be a good christian - a thief and a con-artist.
Look at Ndugu Chirchir Arap Ruto. He is a christian. You remember a few years ago he took advantage of the chaos after the election of 2007 and stole the land of Ndugu Muteshi! What happened to him? NOTHING.
muslims did the same thing when they conquered Indonesia and imported their decadent religion.
Guess what religions sold Africans as slaves? Unfortunately, the descendants of the slave masters have yet to accept the Africans as people. In Iraq around Basra, former African slaves are still addressed as "abid" the arabic word for slave.
Long live Africa without islam or christianity
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This is how Kenyan WOMEN Reps TEAL the Show to Earn Taxpayets's Money for Nothing. They get Elected and then VANISH with Big Salaries a Month 5 yrs.