Homeless and hopeless: Woman gives birth at Uhuru Park unassisted moments after losing job

Rebecca Atieno, 20, at KNH. St John Ambulace team rescued her and her baby and took them to Kenyatta National Hospital (Anyango Otieno)

Moments after being fired from her hotel job on Tuesday, Rebecca Atieno, 20, headed to Nairobi's Uhuru Park, the only place she could find a moment's solace. Confused, hopeless and reeling from the symptomatic third trimester pregnancy exhaustion, she found a spot at the park where she hoped to gather her wits.

The previous night, her landlord had kicked her out for failing to pay Sh50 at a rundown lodging in Muthurwa.