'I Spent 3.5 Million On Our Honeymoon,' Kenyan Man Speaks Out After Wife Ran Away To Dubai Where She Is Suffering

Piece by: Caren Nyota
Lifestyle

A 28-year-old Kenyan woman only identified as Jeddidah is in dire need of your help. She is stranded in Dubai.  Jeddidah, who is homeless, broke and in utter despair, delivered a baby girl three months ago and she is unable to come back home.

Kenyan woman Jeddihah stranded in DubaiShe cannot even fend for herself. Jeddidah, who was married to Keith Walumbe but later broke up has narrated her tearjerking story that has gone viral.

Here is her story, go through

I'm a Kenyan lady 28 years old and currently separated from my husband for the last 7 months due to domestic violence and infidelity, which brought me to UAE to seek employment to cater for my unborn baby as I was 4 months pregnant when we separated. I didn't manage to get a job here since I came with a one-month tourist visa and I kept thinking there is no way I'm going back home since I have no home to go to.

I was brought up by my grandma who is old and ailing and going back to the village, with the pregnancy would be an extra burden for her since she was dependent on me while I was married.

I  applied for nanny jobs on UAE social media sites so as to take care of my baby. I have written to charities but no one has come through... I have thought about committing suicide because I'm nothing and nothing is working for me. I don't want my daughter to also suffer like I have suffered in this life...now the hospital won't issue a birth certificate for my daughter and the police are insisting I pay the bill .. I really want to go back home I don't care if in Kenya I will sleep in the streets, I would rather die there. My case can be confirmed by the consulate.

For months, I couldn't apply for any job no more as I was heavily pregnant and also my body was tired, I also had swollen feet and was later diagnosed with gestational high blood pressure. I never got to attend any antenatal clinic over here since I couldn't afford...So when I was 9 months pregnant, I went to the immigration at Al Aweer and presented my case to them but they told me that, I should go back and give birth whenever... They didn't care and since I didn't have a place to stay, I walked to Dubai foundation for women and children which is about 150 metres from the immigration and explained to a lady I met there my situation. It was already 10:30 pm. I didn't have any money since I used to live on the mercies of people. I would go for days without eating and just sleep on the benches outside the mall of Emirates. DFWC booked for me a hotel in Deira, J5 hotel to sleep in that night of 17/7/17. I had to vacate the following day by midday. So I left and went to Deira city centre metro station and sat there. My body was really tired of a very bad headache and I couldn't move since my feet were so swollen.. I had cried so much so most people wondered what was wrong with me. Until one gentleman by the name Ahmed came and asked me what was wrong. I explained everything to him and he took me to Dubai hospital and left me there. I went in and explained to one lady doctor what I was going through but I clearly told her I don't even have a single Dirham with me. So they checked me up and found my blood pressure was way high, they quickly tried to normalize it and I was put under observation for 2 hours. There was also very low amniotic fluid around the baby so we were both in danger. So they insisted so much that I pay the money about 15000 dirhams so that they could deliver me the baby. I honestly told them I don't have. They asked me to sign certain documents that if anything happened to me or the baby they are not responsible. I signed as I had no option.. the night of 18th and 19th I spent them at the hospital waiting area as I had nowhere to go and I had no money either.

On 20th I got a WhatsApp message from the guy who had dropped me at Dubai hospital, he asked me what was going on, I explained in details and he came again at around 6 pm to see me and brought some food. The baby had stopped kicking, so he took me to Iranian hospital. They ruled out that I needed an emergency CS...l couldn't raise the bill which was around 14,277 dirhams, so they confiscated my passport. I was later arrested by the police after a week at the hospital, but I clearly told them can't raise that amount, I had gone to the Kenyan consulate before I gave birth but they couldn't help much.

"I still do not have my passport. My baby girl is already three months old and has not had her vaccination shots since I don’t have any money. I cannot go back to Kenya until I clear my hospital dues and get my passport back. I can’t even get a birth certificate for my daughter. I continue to look for a job as a nanny but nothing is working out for me."

Well, Walumbe Keith, Jeddidah's ex-husband has responded to claims that he is a womanizer and a deadbeat father who has refused to help his wife and child. This is what he wrote to one of the admins of popular Facebook pages,

"My name is Keith and at first I had intended to ask you to delete this post, but upon meditation from last week, I would like this post to be here for posterity so that other people can learn from it as well.

But I will be brief and factual so that I rebuff the points raised by Jeddidah about my character. However, I should hasten to add that this, in no way, should come in the way of her fundraising endeavours.

Here are the Facts about my EX-Wife:

1. Jeddidah has parents who are alive and they attended our wedding day on 28th November 2015. The parents live in Meru, a place called Kikombe and that is where we did our Ruracio prior to our wedding. We were even introduced to her rich uncles staying in Nairobi. Jeddidah is no orphan. For the benefit of this discussion, I may add that the entire wedding and subsequent honeymoon in Dubai came to about 3.5 million Kenya shillings.

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