Elizabeth Wangui Kimunya, one of the oldest survivors of the Kiambaa church fire incident in the 2007-08 post-election violence will be buried on Friday.
But only if her family raised enough money to pay for her hospital bill and burial expenses by Thursday evening.
Wangui died last Saturday at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. She had been suffering from depression and high blood pressure, according to Phillip Kimunya, her only son who was 16 at the time of the Kiambaa church fire horror.
The photograph of a wailing Wangui outside the burning Assemblies of God Church with her hands raised, went viral internationally. She survived, but not 35 of her compatriots who had sought refuge in the house of God.
Wangui's condition deteriorated in May last year. It became worse a week ago, hence her admission to MTRH, Kimunya said.
Kimunya himself bears the scars of the December 31, 2007, incident on his hands and legs.
His mother has been in the forefront, preaching peace. She prayed that the country will never to see a repeat of what happened 12 years ago. She never recovered the trauma.
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