{"id":11779,"date":"2021-10-14T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T09:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2021-10-14T09:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T09:17:17","slug":"help-me-pay-hospital-bill-for-my-sick-dadmps-daughter-begs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=11779","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Help me pay hospital bill for my sick dad&#8221;MP&#8217;s daughter begs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The daughter of a formerly powerful Kibaki-era politician has sparked a conversation on social media after she requested assistance in settling her father\u2019s huge hospital bill.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a Twitter post, Mish Chemos Serut revealed that her dad, Ex-Mt Elgon MP John Serut, has been battling a tough medical condition since last year which has incurred the family over Sh20 million in expenses<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey guys, so a lot of you don\u2019t know me but I\u2019m here requesting your help today. My father\u2019s name is John Serut and he\u2019s been unwell for a while now. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in January of 2020. Since then, we\u2019ve had medical bills totaling to about 20 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/MishSerut\/status\/1447941530937876486?t=uPiKBefUvPQpou0Zucu-tw&#038;s=19\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The daughter goes on to explain,<br>Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that affects multiple organs eg the kidneys, bones and liver. So far, we\u2019ve handled this as a family but we\u2019re now reaching out to you for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone by the name @fundi wa stima had some kind words.<br>I sympathize with John Serut daughter, she&#8217;s trying to help a parent. Unfortunately the parent was among the ruthless ruling cadre that cultivated tribalism and corruption in Kenya. I hope she finds peace, but that must start with her apologizing to the people not being defensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the news and reactions kept flowing, this audi also hit the Social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Serut threatening a student and saying he has enough money if the student goes to court. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Ay19P3dWk\">pic.twitter.com\/2Ay19P3dWk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tilingi \ud83d\udc18 (@ArapTilingi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArapTilingi\/status\/1448568360850100225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Koilegeikevin\/status\/1448566473656569856?t=I_waa8pJ90MKEL0OlmjVnw&amp;s=19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@Mwenda Mwenda wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><strong>John serut is a lesson and should be a lesson to everyone that we live on borrowed time and the best each of us can do is love your neighbors and do good to everyone. Otherwise a kikuyu singer sung that &#8221; you will not sleep until you have suffered the wau you made others suffer<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>But who is John Serut<\/strong><\/em>?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his heyday, John Bomet Serut was a powerful politician who served in both parliament and cabinet.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serut has represented Mt Elgon constituency for a period spanning 1o years.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was first elected under a Kenya African National Union (KANU)&nbsp; ticket from 2002 to 2007 when he briefly lost the seat before regaining it in 2013 as an independent candidate.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his first term, he was named Assistant Minister for National Development in the coalition government.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his second return to parliament, he served as a member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The daughter of a formerly powerful Kibaki-era politician has sparked a conversation on social media after she requested assistance in settling her father\u2019s huge hospital bill. 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