A nominated MP joked that his leg was an ‘asset’ and that he would not want the clergy to pray for it be healed.
Speaking at Kipsigis Girls Secondary School in Kericho, David Sankok said that as much as he receives and asks for prayers from the clergy he is usually afraid that they would pray for him to have a “normal” pair of legs.
“I usually ask members of the clergy to pray for me to get everything but not to regain the ability to walk without crutches,” said Sankok. “My disabled leg is my meal ticket.”
The 42-year-old MP from Narok lost his ability to walk unaided in 1988 after he contracted pneumonia at the age of 12 years. He was admitted at a hospital and wrongfully injected with the medicine, which left one side of his body paralysed.
However his speech shocked many as he didn’t appear to regret the fateful injection.
“I have crutches, which I use by putting one leg after the other just like any other ordinary man,” he said, pointing out that many people have legs which they hardly use in a resourceful fashion.
