A 14-year-old girl in Ziwa area of Soy constituency is battling for her life after drinking poison.
The standard seven pupil is said to have decided to consume foliar (a poisonous chemical reserved for crops) after her mother allegedly refused to buy her shoes.
According to her mother, Hellen Maiyo, her daughter has been pushing her to buy her shoes since the beginning of the year.
“I was tipped off by residents that my daughter might have drunk poison after she was spotted carrying a bottle branded specifically for chemicals," narrated Maiyo.
She said that they rushed her to Ziwa Subcounty Hospital to be given first aid after acting shifty on being informed of the incident.
The girl was found with a bottle that had remains of some of the chemicals she had sprayed to her crops.
The mother, however, said she is not in a position to buy shoes for the daughter due to financial constraints.
“My daughter is unrealistic, we are languishing in poverty yet she wants to be bought shoes to be worn at. I am so concern about her studies in school and getting basic needs for her," she said.
The mother of three depends on selling roasted maize besides the road to earn a living.