The Tusker project fame winner, Ruth Matete has explained that she can’t wear short clothes because of a scar that runs on her back. Through social media, she revealed that when she was young, she severely got burnt by steaming hot porridge.
She wrote, “You see that scar on my back? That’s just what you can see. When I was young, I got burned by porridge. I was barely walking. Dad says I was still crawling. Back in Kakamega. Mum had prepared porridge and ran out to do something.
I crawled, and touched the tip of the pot (sufuria) and it toppled over. Long story short, I burned 80%. I don’t know what that means , I just know it’s a lot of burning. The whole of my back, both of my thighs, parts of my hands, and a small part of my head..
I mean, God was so gracious the parts that were burned are those I can hide with clothes. Now I know I was born to serve Him. Mini skirts, haiwes mek Ooh tank top!  ooh bare back. Ooh see through I can’t do such. Let’s just say, God is wise Daddy says it was so hard for me to be carried. They had to do skin grafting on some parts that were deeply burned.”