Father's reaction after mother of twins gives birth to triplets

A 28-year-old father of twins collapsed at the hospital after learning that his wife had just given birth to triplets.

Nurses at the Narok County Referral Hospital rushed to save Francis Gitau's life after he fainted upon receiving news that his wife had delivered three babies. 

Francis Gitau says he received the triplets with joy coupled with concern over how he would raise them citing the hard-economic times.

Gitau and his wife Jacinta Mwihaki, 30, were already parents to four-year-old twins. 

Speaking to journalists moments after the incident, Gitau said his main worry is how he will manage to feed three extra babies given that the twins were already a burden to him due to his small income. 

This comes after a recent story of a Nandi county man who left his wife identified as Eunice Jeptoo after she gave birth to triplets.

In other families, the arrival of three children at a go could be marked with celebrations and gifts by friends and relatives.

However, for Jeptoo, it marked the end of a relationship the couple had nurtured since 2006, which yielded two other children: Mercy, aged 11, and Emmanuel, eight.

Jeptoo’s problems started mid-last year, when she informed her husband, Isaac Tanui, that she was pregnant and expecting twins. Little did she know she would get triplets instead.

The man saw the news as more of a curse than a blessing. He thought twins would mark an additional family responsibility he was not prepared for. He argued that his family had never had a history of genes of twins.

In both cases, the financially unstable fathers were worried about how they will bring up the kids. One of them abandoned the family and left home to unknown destination.