Family Stranded After Spending All Assets To Treat Ailing Father, Later Dies of Cancer

Nothing can be as unfortunate as losing a loved one after a long illness, but its much more painful if the deceased was the sole bread winner and passes on after exhausting all the family resources. It is even worse when the diseased had no formal job but just a farm hand in the village.

Well, a family of the late Evans Osano is left devasted without a proper home having spent all their savings treating him for Cancer of the colon. The late Osano was afarm hand at Mongori scheme, Borabu Nyamira county. The late Osano moved to Mwamogusii scheme in the 90s after his family was unable to send to him to high school, the young Osano then offered to work in the farms to help his father raise school fees for his younger simblings.

The late Osano worked hard and saved enough to buy himself a 1 hactare piece of land where he put up his temporary home. He comntinued to help families especially those that had daily farming. In 2016 he complained of stomack pain and got treatment and recovered, in 2017 the stomach pain resurfaced and went to hospital where he was diagonised of level 3 cancer, treatment was commenced immediately and family hoped he will recover, they sold his dairy cows and other assets to raise medical fees but lost the battle on 23rd November.

Now the family was left pennlesss having sold off his assets to raise medovcal fees. Osano is survived by four children, the eldest a daughter just concluded her P1 teacher training college at Narok Teachers, 2nd born just sat for his KCSE, 3rd born is gping to Form 3 and the last born is in class 7.

The wife who now window will have to carry the entire baggage including extended family. Osano burial is set for 8th of December but the fanily is having challenges meeting funeral expenses after having spent much of their savings in medical bills. The family is stranded now especially on moving ouyt of tea estate housing where they lived to their incomplete home. The family is appealing for help.

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