Family of woman who gave birth to 5 Children pleads for help

In a shocking twist of events, a rare case has come to pass as a woman has given birth to 5 babies in Kakamega county on Wednesday morning.

Evelyn Namukhula 28, gave birth to three girls and two boys through a Caesarean Section.

Woman gives birth to 5 babies in Navakholo, Kakamega county

Evelyn who is now a mother of 9 children hails from Navakholo Constituency.

“I am happy and I thank God for blessing me with five children at once. We have many people who admire to have children but they are unable to get due to health challenges,” Namukhula said.

Her husband Herbert Wawire who live in Sisokhe village thanked God for the gift and pleaded for help to help him raise the children.

When she went for Ultrasound earlier they found she was carrying three children but when she went into delivery she was surprised to get five babies.Her husband, Herbert Nabwire said he never anticipated for his wife to give birth to five children at once but termed it as a blessing from God.

The children Everlyne Namukhula delivered

“We now have nine children and I treat all of them as a blessing from God. My wish is for the county government to enroll the mother and the children in programmes that will help cater for their nutritional needs since I have hearing challenge and I do not have a stable job,” Nabwire said.

According to doctor Githinji Kongo, such cases are rare and most are hereditary.

“We received referral from Navakholo Sub county hospital around 5pm on Tuesday of a woman who was expecting more than three children and they were not in the right position. We took her for caesarean,” he said.

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Kakamega County Referral Hospital Main entrance

He said the children weigh between 1.2kg to 1.6kg and they have been put in the incubator.Health executive, Racheal Okumu said the woman will be enrolled into NHIF

“The referral hospital is in good condition to handle complex delivery issues and programmes have been put in place by the county government to help the mother and her children,” Okumu said.

She had been seven months pregnant at the time of the delivery

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