A Nakuru woman has given birth to five children at the Nakuru Level 5 Hospital.
The babies who were all born underweight are incubated at the hospital's Margaret Kenyatta Mother and Baby wing.
The hospital's Medical Superintendent, Aisha Maina said 25-year-old Margaret Wairimu presented herself at the facility on January 29.
"She came in through the hospital's outpatient with discomfort and on checking her, the medics realised that she had multiple pregnancies," Maina said.
She said the expectant mother was admitted for observation because she had a high-risk pregnancy.
Maina said the pain exceeded, compelling the medics to do an emergency Caesarian Section to save the mother and babies.
"The babies were delivered at seven months and have to be incubated for survival," she said.
Maina said the four girls and one boy weighed between 500 grams and 650 grams.
She said the mother was in a stable condition and would be discharged once the infants attained the right body weight.
The father is now appealing to well-wishers to help him with resources to raise the children.
"The quintuplets are a pleasant surprise but it will be difficult for me to raise them," he said.
The young couple has another child aged 4, bringing the total number of children to six.
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