The Vanity hitmaker, Daddy Owen, has stepped out in support the girl from Embu who got burnt when saving her disabled mother. He called upon Kenyans to help in raising the bill.
Through his Instagram account, he said; “Hi Guys.. I know most of u here remember Mumbi.. the young lady from Embu who got burnt while saving her mum and a neighbor’s baby from a deadly inferno.
Mumbi needs our HELP.. she has a hospital bill of Kshs. 1million, she was to be discharged but she can’t pay her bill.. she’s been in Hospital for more than 6 months! She needs our HELP.
I Have shared her PAYBILL NUMBER… if u can send anything it will go a long way in helping her. Next week I am planning to go visit her God willing.. if u wanna be part of the trip DM me and u can DM me as well for more info and questions. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.”
What was meant to be a quick rescue mission left Mumbi nursing burn injuries and unable to go to school. Life for the Form Three student at Temple Road Secondary School changed on June 9 when she put her life on the line to save others.
“I do not regret my decision to save my mother and the baby. Though the child succumbed to the burns, I am happy to see my mother alive without any injuries,” she said.
On that fateful day, at around 6.30pm, a neighbor complained that her gas cylinder was leaking. Mumbi advised her to replace the burner and continued to watch her favorite programme as she cooked.
Barely an hour later she heard a loud blast from her neighbor’s house. The cylinder had exploded and burst into flames. Mumbi quickly dragged her mother Ann Wangeci to safety outside the gate as her neighbors also scampered for safety.
In the midst of that commotion, she remembered that they had left food still cooking and rushed to turn off the gas. But by that time, her neighbor’s gas cylinder had been pushed to the middle of the small compound.
As she entered their single room house, the flames engulfed her body. “Though I managed to turn off the gas, my clothes caught fire and that only complicated matters for me,” she said.
Before she could plan her exit, she had a baby crying in the adjacent house. Without hesitating, she dashed into the house and found the six-year-old on the seat. “Since no one else was in the compound I knew that I had to rescue the baby,” she said.
She grabbed the baby and ran out. But as she rushed to the gate, she slid and fell with the baby in her hands. “I asked the baby to run. My legs were badly burnt.”
According to the doctors’ report, she sustained 18 percent burns on her face, chest, hands and legs. Mumbi and the young boy she had rescued were admitted at the Intensive Care Unit. The boy succumbed the following day.