The woman with the owl at the market.[Photo/nation.co.ke]
Traders and shoppers at Kitui market were left in deep shock when a woman arrived at the place looking for someone to buy an owl so that she could get money to buy food for her family.
Kamene Kakai, a mother of five and a resident of Museve village in Kitui Central constituency, wanted to sell the owl at Sh250 to save her family from starvation.
The woman confessed that she had nothing else she could sell in return for money. She also said that she had no choice but to walk for a distance of 15 Kilometers to sell the wild bird since she could not cook the same for her family.
“I had no choice but to bring it to the market to sell it as I cannot watch my children die of hunger,” she said, as Nation quoted her.
The woman also said that her children will die because of the lack of food unless someone comes to her rescue as soon as possible.
“My children will starve to death unless someone volunteers to buy this bird. I wish I can get a buyer offering Sh500 or even Sh1,000, I will buy food to last us several days,” she added.