AFTER HARSH CRITICISM, Anne Mawathe Gives Her Take On Filming A Pregnant Woman Who Later Lost Her Child

Piece by: Grace Kerongo
Lifestyle

Kenyans never run out of opinions. It could be on anything from the number of dimples in Vera Sidika's derriere to how much money was stolen by politicians.

Thanks to the anonymity social media gives, people will go ham on anyone. Drag them through the mud without caring about the consequences.

People, people!!!! At the end of all those comment is a human being.

Anyhow, ninapigia mbuzi guitar. No one will listen.

One of the people who were taken through the wringer is Citizen TV news reporter, Ann Mawathe.

Various pundits gave their opinions about Ann Mawathe's story.

Farel Nalimae wrote, "Notice some people are defending Anne Mawathe's story on Citizen TV last night. I find that there is no distinction between Anne and Paul Carter, a South African Photojournalist who followed a famine stricken toddler in South Sudan in 1994. He took photos of him while vultures waited for him to die as he crawled towards a refugee center. He did nothing, not even offer the toddler water. The subject finally died n was devoured by the waiting vultures! He took award winning photos! Carter went ahead to win the most coveted award in journalism with his photos....the Pulitzter Award....but a couple months later, he couldn't live with it, he committed suicide. Am a journalist, I learnt from the story, so should every journalist."

Another Facebooker asked the hard questions.

Wanyama Eva wrote, "Most people castigating Anne here are tenderpreneurs. Then they pretend to wear a hat of humanity. If you are a tenderpreneur get off that high horse because you and Lucifer are one. Then you keep boasting of how "hard-working" you are. You are the reason why this kid died. Otherwise doctors would be getting their pay just like a tender charge. By the way where were the beyond zero canters?! Nkt."

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Even as people are going ham on Ann Mawathe for following the pregnant woman as she struggled to get help. And watched her get turned away from Pumwani; they then followed her to St Mary’s hospital where she lost her child. The problem still persists.

The misplaced anger showld be directed at the government. An employee of St Marys wrote to blogger Rober Alai saying the situation is really bad.

"I wish to remain anonymous. I am working at St. Mary's mission hospital langata. Due to the strike, our maternity numbers have doubled. Some are able to pay but some are not able... We assist them despite.. But now we have over twenty mothers who gave birth but have been detained because they cannot pay the bill. Please highlight their plea."

More mothers will loose their children because of lack of facilities and doctors to treat them. Ann Mawathe gave her opinion on the issue in a Facebook post.

"Human fragility is real I am sure we all appreciate this fact. As we obsess about profanities, lets remember that doctors are still on strike, there is a Kenyan somewhere who needs that service so badly...I wish we were as angry about this strike and demanded that the gov resolve it......meanwhile Judy Kosgey kuna maendeleo kwenye hizi corridor...the deco is improving is we near Christmas," She wrote.