Collins Kibet Moi, grandson of the late President Daniel Arap Moi, broke down emotionally in a Nakuru court after being sentenced to two weeks in jail for failing to pay child support.
The case was filed by his ex-wife, who claimed Kibet had neglected his duty to provide for their child.
In a dramatic scene, Kibet stood before the magistrate and pleaded for mercy.
“I’m sick. I have tried. I have suffered since my father died. I don’t live anywhere. I have asked for mercy. No one has mercy these days for an orphan,” he sobbed.
“I have even asked the President of this country to help me, but no one can help me.”
Once part of Kenya’s most powerful family, Kibet now says he is homeless, jobless, and battling illness, a far cry from the privilege he was born into.
