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Family's pain after son injured during play slips into coma

Samuel Mumo, 9 years old, who has been in a coma for one month with his parents Felister Muthoka and Adam Maleve in a photo taken on 14th October 2015. (PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/ STANDARD)

When he tripped on the staircase and fell four floors down, this marked the beginning of a long, agonising journey for the Maleve family.

Nine-year-old Samuel Mumo was playing with his friends in a four-storey building in Kayole six weeks ago when he missed a step injuring his head.

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