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MYSTERY ILLNESS LEAVES TWO NYAKOE CHILDREN FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER CLAIMING THREE SIBLINGS
A suspected mysterious illness has claimed the lives of three siblings in Kiaboeaga Village, Nyakoe, Kitutu Chache South, and left two others critically ill as their father, Richard Masese, appeals for urgent medical and financial assistance.
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Two children from the family of Richard Masese in Kiaboeaga Village, Nyakoe, Kitutu Chache South Constituency, are fighting for their lives after being struck by a suspected mysterious illness. The family says it lacks the financial means to cater for their treatment and is appealing to well-wishers, government agencies, and health authorities for urgent assistance.
Speaking to our reporter, Richard Masese said the illness first manifests when his children are between seven and eight years old. According to him, they initially begin walking on their tiptoes with a limp before developing blisters across their bodies. As the disease progresses, they gradually lose the ability to walk and eventually become completely immobile.
Masese said three of his children developed the same symptoms and later died after battling the illness. He now fears history is repeating itself, as two of his remaining children are suffering from the same condition. One of them is in the advanced stages of the illness and is completely immobile, while the other began showing symptoms in May this year and is now unable to walk.
The father also revealed that the children's mother Josephine Kerubo Masese died on May 25, 2025, shortly after burying their three children. He believes the emotional trauma and shock of losing the children took a heavy toll on her, leaving him to care for the surviving children alone.
The two sick children require constant care as they are unable to walk or perform daily activities on their own. They spend most of their time in one place and depend entirely on their father for feeding, bathing, and other basic needs.
Masese said the family lives in extreme poverty, explaining that they have very little land after most of the family's property was sold by his father years ago. They now survive on a small piece of land in Kiaboeaga Village and struggle to provide food, medication, and other basic necessities.
Fearing that the two children could suffer the same fate as their late siblings, Masese is appealing to well-wishers, government agencies, and health authorities to help establish the cause of the illness and provide urgent medical support to save his children's lives.
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