This is a tough tome for the Odinga family. Their daughter Rosemary needs your prayers. 

Kibra MP aspirant Rosemary Odinga has been flown to South Africa for further treatment after being in hospital for eight days.

Rosemary, Cord leader Raila Odinga's second born, was flown out at about 11am on Tuesday accompanied by neurosurgeon Oluoch Olunya and Amref flying doctors.

A source revealed this to the Star on Tuesday but could not confirm the hospital to which she was taken. The source said she had been flown to South Africa for rehabilitation.

Reports earlier indicated that Rosemary had a brain tumor but that it was non-cancerous.

She was admitted to Nairobi hospital before being taken to the Aga Khan, where doctors were to remove the meningioma.

But the source said the tumor had caused her to bleed internally before she was rushed to Aga Khan.

The source said doctors were only able to stop the bleeding and did not perform the operation. A meningioma can cause blindness, problems with movement and multiple other complications as it grows and presses into the brain.

It is not immediately life-threatening but remains a serious threat to Rosemary's health, as it in the meninges - the lining between the brain and the skull.

Rosemary, 39, is functionally the first born following on January 4, 2015.

She is followed by Winnie Odinga and Raila Odinga Jnr who is the last born.