The 10-year-old Collins Kipkurui who is suffering from a mysterious disease that is eating away his lips and nose. [Nikko Tanui,Standard]The family of a ten-year-boy is appealing for help to treat a mysterious disease that has terribly disfigured his face over the last four years. The affliction began when Collins Kipkurui was bitten by an insect while taking sugarcane from their farm at Yalla village in Kipkelion West Constituency. It has now consumed flesh from his lips and part of his nose, and is spreading to his left eye. Sigei said the disease has devastated his family and exhausted their financial resources.

Source: Standard Digital July 17, 2021 06:22 UTC