Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko announced hope for baby Sagini whose eyes were reportedly gouged out by his cousin and aunt in Kisii county.
On Monday, December 19, Sonko detailed planning to fly the three-year-old to South China to get eye implants.
He added that he conducted extensive research to find the best hospital across the globe to attend to baby Sagini's emergency case.
After a thorough search, he found a hospital in China that does eye implants but required the boy to have at least two referrals from hospitals in Kenya.
"According to the Chinese doctors the eye implants will intriguingly help the boy with navigation sensors to allow him to get around on his own in familiar places," Sonko stated.
He detailed that he had contacted relevant authorities from Kisii county, including the area MP to facilitate his transfer to a hospital in Westlands for assessment.
The former governor booked an appointment for baby Sagini with an eye specialist in Westlands on Wednesday, December 21.
"I also intend to engage the Nairobi County government to recommend an eye specialist from the Mbagathi Hospital to also do a separate review of baby Sagini and thereafter forward the two reports to China,"
However, the implants are similar to fitting the boy with prosthetic eyes that will look and move more like normal eyes but do not restore vision.
Sonko also shared a link to the hospital indicating how successful eye implants were done before.
The former governor remarked that his service was not meant for public relations purposes but a genuine desire to look for permanent solutions to all the cases he and his team handled.
Earlier, Sonko offered a Ksh400,000 reward to any police officer who would eliminate the people involved in the heinous act. He added an extra Ksh200,000 reward to any public member who provided necessary information about the culprits to the police.
However, extrajudicial killings that involve the police were frowned upon by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA).
On Saturday, December 17, the authority rejected Inspector General Japhet Koome's directive to police, ordering them to shoot and kill suspects.
