Mary Njeri, a Kenyan living in Sudan appealed for help on Monday, April 17 to enable her return home for treatment.
Njeri was among victims of the war in Sudan and was unable to access medical assistance since she was shot in the arm on Friday, April 14.
According to her mother, Sera Waithera, from Nakuru County, who spoke to her on Sunday, revealed that her daughter could not access essential services since all social amenities including hospitals remained closed.
"When I spoke to my daughter on Sunday, she was crying in pain, with nobody to help her, several other Kenyans are also suffering in Sudan," stated Waithera.
Waithera appealed to the Kenyan government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the return of Kenyans stranded in the war-torn country.
"I call on the President of Kenya, William Ruto to intervene in the matter and secure the rescue of my firstborn daughter who is in Sudan in search of a better life," Waithera explained.
President William Ruto during an IGAD head-of-state virtual meeting, called for quick resolution to be adopted to end the conflict.
He noted that he was consulting regional leaders and the international community on dialogue and mediation process in Sudan.
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua on Sunday, April 16, unveiled plans the government had put in place to help Kenyans stranded in Sudan.
The CS assured Kenyans in the diaspora that the government was monitoring the situation keenly and that if it worsened, there would be an evacuation exercise.
Other leaders who called for a ceasefire in Khartoum included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the African Union Commission.
Kenyans who sought greener pastures in Sudan remain trapped in the country following the army paramilitary wars that were ongoing in the country.
At least 185 people have lost their lives as of April 18, according to the Associated Press (AP), with thousands injured.
Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Kenyans in distress to call +249900194854 for assistance.
The Sudanese armed forces are broadly loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s de facto ruler, while the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a collection of militia, follow the former warlord Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.
Control of the presidential palace and the international airport in Khartoum is in doubt after disputed claims from both sides, in fighting that threatens to destabilize Sudan and the wider region.
