A 27-year-old woman who was shot over the weekend during protests in Kisumu protests may have to live with the bullet in her body for as long as she lives.
Georgina Were, a student at Rongo University, was one of the victims of chaos that erupted after police clashed with locals who were protesting the announcement of President Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the 2017 Presidential election.
She was shot in the back as she ran to her house in Manyatta area.
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Doctors at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referral Hospital where she was taken noted that Ms Were may not be able to walk again if the bullet is removed from her body.
"It is dangerously close to the spinal cord, removing the bullet could cost her life," said one of the doctors.
"She, however, will be able to lead a normal life with the bullet in her body after the wound heals in six months' time," said the hospital's Chief Executive Officer Juliana Otieno.
According to Dr Otieno, six people were treated for bullet wounds between Friday evening and Saturday.
Chaos erupted in Kisumu on Friday evening after President Kenyatta was declared the presidential election winner even after the Opposition faulted the election.
However, according to the regional security committee, only one person was shot in a robbery attempt.
Police have been accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings in Opposition strongholds of Mathare, Kibera and Kisumu where there were protests following the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the newly-elected president.
Nonetheless, the police have vehemently denied the accusations.
