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Patient accuses activist of holding her medical funds

Gladys Kamande after she regained her health. She is now admitted at a hospital in Nairobi after she relapsed.

A well-publicised campaign carried out last year to aid an ailing woman get treatment in India which Kenyans overwhelmingly contributed has been rocked by a scandal due to an ugly dispute over the millions of shillings received.

Gladys Kamande who gained prominence after a photo surfaced online of a street boy in Thika donating to her a Sh20 coin he had during a walk to raise funds for her treatment and activist Ndung’u Nyoro are fighting over Sh9.6 million that is supposed to be used for her treatment.

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