If you walk along clean streets of Nairobi, there are chances that Boniface Murage has participated in the exercise.
Mr Murage’s story about him when he attempted to sneak her baby from Kenyatta National Hospital due to his Ksh56,000 unpaid bill went viral and so many Kenyans came out to help the desperate father among them the Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko who offered him a job.
The 22 year-old joined a team that is working on the County beautification project, courtesy of governor Sonko.
On February 18th, Murage appeared before Milimani Law Courts magistrate Muthoni Nzibi and pleaded guilty to the charge after which he was handed a three-month non-custodial sentence.
Murage promised to adhere to all conditions set by the court. This kind of sentence requires one not to get involved in crime during the probation period.
Sonko delivered the good news from United States where he is attending the UN conference in New York that he will be employed at the county government.
Murage was spotted by the hospital’s security officials walking out of the compound with a big bag.
The officials got suspicious and demanded that he allows them to inspect the bag.
Murage attempted to resist but the officials had their way. They discovered Murage had hidden the baby in the bag so he could sneak out of the hospital with her unnoticed.
The baby was admitted on January 26 and discharged on February 11 after incurring a bill of Sh56,937. Murage was taken to Kenyatta police post and the baby returned to her ward.