A woman who was humiliated by a city preacher when she went to beg for rent during a church session has landed a job.
The lady, Milka Moraa Tegisi, is also set to get an Affordable Housing unit in the Mukuru project, according to revelations by police officer Sammy Ondimu Ngare.
Already, Moraa has visited the Affordable Housing Board offices in Nairobi where she signed the prerequisite papers as she awaits completion of the units in two months.
According to Ngare, Kenyans, after hearing her story, contributed Ksh450,000, part of which will be used to pay a deposit for her. She will then pay a monthly rent of Ksh3,900 per month, almost the same as what she pays currently (Ksh4,000). However, the new rent will be for her to own the unit.
“It’s been a journey and I thank God this far He has brought us. We managed to collect 450k and deposited it in the bank. Polisi alkikotumwa, nishafanya part yangu. Aliambiwa aende kwa polisi na akaambiwa kuna fraidable, nyumba za affaidable,” Ngare said.
“I got a call from Affordable Housing Board on Sunday over the issue. They visited Milka pale alikuwa anaishi Mukuru to see how far they can support her. Yesterday we visited their offices pale upper hill and we registered as any Kenyan so that milka can benefit from the government project. We followed the right process and im sure she will be the first person to be handed over the key in fews months coming when President William Samoei Ruto atakuwa anafungua officially.”
“We were taken through the process and I’m happy we managed kumaliza na sasa Milka in two months time atakuwa kwake comfortably na watoto wake,” Ngare added.
Ngare also announced that Moraa has landed a job at ExpressWay Lounge following her plight.
“Moraa pays a rent of Ksh4,000 per month which she had been unable to raise. Luckily, because of Kenyans of goodwill, she has a job that pays Ksh18,000 and with that, she can be able to have a house at one of our major projects, Mukuru, where we have over 13,000 units,” Acting CEO of the Affordable Housing Board Sheila Waweru says.
“We are not just building houses. It’s a whole community that has different facilities including educational and medical facilities and adequeate free area for children to play. You can imagine the improvement in her quality of life.”
Moraa’s story
Milka’s story came to the limelight after she visited the city preacher’s church alongside other congregants to present their prayer needs to the pastor.
When Milka’s turn came, she started sobbing before revealing to the outspoken preacher that she had come to church to see whether she could get any kind of help, as her landlord had closed her house due to unpaid rent.
“Pastor nimefungiwa nyumba one week leo,” Milka said amid tears.
This is when the pastor blasted her with harsh words, rebuking her for coming to borrow money in church.
He is heard telling her that such help is usually found at police stations and that is where she should have gone first before even making her way to his church.
“Enda polisi hapo. Polisi ya kwenu ni wapi? Sasa umefungiwa, umekuja hapa kutafuta pesa. Hapa ni kwa maombi. Kama ni mambo ya maombi, sawa. Pesa, enda kwa cabinet. Enda kwa Sakaja,” Ng’ang’a blasted her.
As if that was not enough, Ng’ang’a went on to parade her and tell her off, saying he had heard that the government had introduced something called affordable housing and that she should go and stay in those houses.
“Si kuna nyumba zimejengwa zinaitwa affordable? Si uende ukae hizo za affordable? Ndio nasema shida ya nyumba usiniletee. Shida ya nyumba enda kwa government. Me I deal with spiritual matters. Mambo kuhusu pesa, don’t come here expecting money,” Ng’ang’a said.
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