Olympic legend Nyantika Maiyoro has made a special appeal to President Uhuru Kenyatta and other well wishers to assist him with Sh80, 000 for his medical bills.
Since Monday, Mr Maiyoro, the pioneer athlete from Kenya who won several honours, has been undergoing tests at Christamarriane Hospital in Kisii over tuberculosis.
Doctors at the hospital had scheduled major tests on Thursday but later postponed the scans as the family could not raise the required Sh80,000.
“We are calling on well-wishers to come on board and support us as we have exhausted all our resources,” said Ken.
"I urge President Uhuru (Kenyatta), opposition leader Raila (Odinga) and interior CS Fred (Matiang'i) to ensure my family gets justice " he said from his hospital bed.
Nyantika lamented that two locals allegedly grabbed the said land in 2012, but even after reporting the case to the police in Nyamira, he is yet to get it back.
“I was given the land by the former President Mzee Kenyatta after I had represented the country well in the international events,” he said.
Mr Maiyoro first competed in Indian Ocean games in 1953 where he emerged the best and thereafter, he participated in Olympic games in 1956 and 1960.
Until going to the press, Nyamira County Government had not issued any official statement in connection with his illness.
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