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A four-day-old baby named Blessings Jepkirui vanished after her grandmother was allegedly misled by an alleged hospital doctor at Kapsabet County Referral Hospital

The grandmother said she was pressured into handing over the baby to a strange woman, after which the child disappeared while she briefly went to collect medicine

The incident has raised serious concerns over a possible child abduction syndicate, with the family and activists citing missing records, errors in hospital documents

Hospital officials denied wrongdoing, claiming the abduction occurred outside their premises, but the public is demanding accountability

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Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

A family in Nandi county is in despair after their four-day-old baby girl vanished under mysterious circumstances from Kapsabet County Referral Hospital.

Chepkoech Songok said she'd gone to pick the baby's medicine. Photo: Chepkoech Songok.

Source: UGC

The case has ignited public outrage and placed a spotlight on security lapses and possible systemic failures within the public health facility.

The infant, named Blessings Jepkirui, was born on Sunday, June 1, at Kapsabet Referral Hospital.

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Her teenage mother, whose identity is being withheld due to her age, was preparing for discharge on Wednesday, June 4, when the baby went missing.

How was Baby Blessing kidnapped

According to Chepkoech Songok, the child?s grandmother, the events leading to the disappearance began with what seemed like routine instructions from a hospital doctor.

"The doctor was ahead of us and said we should go to the children?s clinic. When we got there, another woman was following me. Then the doctor told me, 'Take this child and hand them to this woman.' I refused. He told me again, 'Give the child to this woman yourself.' I refused again," Chepkoech recounted.

She explained that the doctor then insisted she hand over the baby to the woman, promising they would return shortly to collect medicine.

Feeling pressured and confused, Chepkoech complied. They walked back toward the hospital gate together.

"At the gate, where the watchman stands, I stopped. The doctor asked me, 'Do you know where to collect the medicine?' I said, 'Write it down.' He wrote it down for me, then told me which path to take. I went to the window, picked up the medicine. When I came back, no baby. Oh! My grandchild has been stolen," she cried.

Why is Kapsabet hospital under scrutiny

The family said the young mother was too overwhelmed to speak, her shock and grief rendering her silent.

"I went to the bus stop, no one. I came back, still no one," Chepkoech added, her voice cracking with pain.

The disappearance has triggered uproar among relatives and human rights defenders, who now believe the case may be linked to a wider child theft network operating in or around the hospital.

"We?ve reviewed the documents, there were errors on the birth notification card, the discharge letter didn?t have a date, and the clinical card is missing. We?re asking the CEO and the nurse who was on duty where the baby went. If something like this can happen here at Kapsabet, how safe are we as mothers in Nandi County?" Joan Bwambok, a Mosop resident said.

Shadrack Tarno, an activist supporting the family, echoed her concern, stating all indicators point to a systemic problem at the referral hospital.

Chepkoech Songok was accompanying her child for her delivery. Photo: Citizen TV/Samson Cherargei.

Source: UGC

The family has since reported the case to the Kapsabet Police Station and is demanding answers over the irregular changes in hospital documentation.

In response, an official from the hospital denied any wrongdoing on the part of the facility, stating that the child was kidnapped from outside the premises and not while under the hospital?s care.

How did Tanzanian couple lose their baby

In a related incident, Neema Gaspa said she and her husband were distraught after their two-week-old baby was allegedly stolen from their home in Mbeya City, Tanzania.

She recounted that she had stepped out briefly to accompany her sister to the door, leaving the infant sleeping in the living room.

Upon returning, her husband asked about their child, only for them to discover the baby was missing.

Gaspa stated they immediately involved the police and launched a search, but as of the report, the child remained unaccounted for

Source: TUKO.co.ke