•"Her eye is bleeding, there's a smelly discharge, she cannot see, she's in pain and mostly sleeps," her mother Agnes says in tears.
•The 72-year-old mother of eight children said they have no money for treatment, painkillers and at times sleep on empty stomachs.
A breeze blew something into Lenah's left eye. She thought it was nothing. That was about a year ago.
Now Lenah Ndanu, who lives in Mwingi, can no longer see with that eye. It's inflamed, painful and the family has no money for treatment.
Ndanu, 30, a mother of five, said the problem began last year in April when the wind blew something like a small dead leaf into her left eye as she walked.
Since then, her eye started swelling and became painful.
The hawker in Kyuso was forced to abandon her small business and seek medical help.
She visited dispensaries within Kyuso and was given eyedrops but the condition worsened.
She was referred to Mwingi Level 4 hospital that referred her to PCEA Kikuyu hospital in Kiambu county.
She underwent a CT-scan that cost Sh8,000. It showed small nodules on both sides of the neck. Their exact nature was not known.
"We were told to pay Sh30,000 to begin treatment," Lenah said.
They could not afford it and they went back to Mwingi.
Her mother, Agnes Kyunguu, wept and said her daughter is in pain but they cannot afford painkillers since they are all jobless.
They have been depending on well-wishers to feed them.
"My daughter's condition has worsened, her eye has been bleeding continuous and the discharge smells bad," her mother said.
"She can no longer see and spends most of the time sleeping."
The 72-year-old mother of eight said not only are they unable to buy painkillers but sometimes they go to sleep hungry.
"My daughter was at least making something small out of her hawking business that could barely sustain her five children.
"Now, now we have no option but to plead for help," she
They risk being thrown out of their rented house in Mavoko area. Rent is Sh300 per month and they have not paid for four months.
The two women are appealing to well-wishers to help them get medical attention, as the eye condition worsens daily.
"I'm calling on the government as well as people of goodwill to assist my daughter access treatment as her eye is decomposing and she is in great pain," her mother said.
(Edited by V. Graham)