Former Nation Media Group (NMG) health and science Journalist Eunice Omollo is pleading for help from well-wishers to seek appropriate medication for her mental disorder.
The journalist has gone on record revealing that she had been battling bipolar disorder for the past 19 years and had been able to keep it under control with prescription drugs.
However, she had in the recent past undergone financial constraints and lost her job. In tears, she revealed in the video that she had not been able to sleep a wink for days.
Also, because of her financial situation, she is at the brink of losing her property including her house. Eunice said that she was undergoing a depressive episode and was feeling overwhelmed by her situation.
She called on well-wishers to help her get the medication she needs, get a job and bring back her son who was forced to move in with her mother.
“I want to go to the hospital because now in my depressive state, if most of you have been following me, I have lived with bipolar for 19 years now. I cannot live without my medication.
“I can’t afford the medication. I am about to lose my house; I have lost my son who now lives with my mom. I need to sleep. I have not had any sleep for days now,” she said in tears. “I also need a job.”
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Career and Life of the Award-Winning Kenyan Journalist
Eunice is a 2021 winner of the Africa Media Health Network. She tramped her competition, emerging the Best TV and overall, health reporter under the mental health category.
Eunice won the award for her story on the challenges faced by girls subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), highlighting its persistence despite being outlawed in Kenya.
She told the story of Jael, who underwent FGM at age 9, married off at 11, and became a mother at 13. Jael’s childbirth experience was particularly harrowing, as the traditional birth attendant resorted to using a sharp fingernail to facilitate delivery, causing significant pain and trauma.
In addition, Eunice emerged first runners-up in the Television Health Reporting category during the 2016 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) organized by the Media Council of Kenya (MCK).
Eunice is a holder of a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication and Media Technology with IT from Maseno University with a major in Public Relations.
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Kimani Mbugua’s Story
Former Citizen TV journalist Kimani Mbugua is also battling mental health diseases and his story has made headlines since 2022 when he pleaded for help from Kenyans.
However, new details of his story emerged when his father revealed that Kimani’s troubles began after his drink was spiked with cocaine by unknown women.
He said that his son, the firstborn child, hosted his birthday party at a club on days leading to February 24 and he was never the same again after the event.
They retrieved a video recording of Mbugua with unknown women in the club vomiting and acting in an unusual manner and one of the women spiked Kimani’s drink with a white substance which they later learnt was cocaine.
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