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Pilot abandons CS Wamalwa in flooded village to rush pregnant woman to hospital – VIDEO


A pilot who abandoned Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and other government officials in a village in order airlift a pregnant woman to hospital has won praises online.

Captain Stephanus Kruger was flying CS Wamalwa from an official function in Marsabit county when they got a distress call from villagers .

The seven-months pregnant woman had sustained gunshot wounds as herders pursued a hyena in Eborr village in Marsabit county.

The woman had bled the whole night. An ambulance from a nearby medical centre could not access the village due to flooding.

Online, Kenyans were impressed with the captain and the government officials who prioritized a Kenyan in need over their official engagements.