Widow filmed cooking stones for children loses four-month-old baby

The four-month-old baby of the Kenyan widow who was filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has died, according to the Daily Nation newspaper.

According to Peninah Bahati Kitsao's 24-year-old son, the baby girl, who was his mother's last child, died after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for persistent fever.

The BBC had earlier reported that neighbours raised funds for Mrs Kitsaowho lives in the coastal city of Mombasa after her plight went public in April.

A local organisation also helped her to open a bank account because she is illiterate, the BBC report added.

Peninah Bahati Kitsao used to wash laundry locally but can't work due to the restrictions caused by the deadly coronavirus.

Her husband was killed by a gang last year.

The BBC added that the government's feeding programmed, part of measures to cushion the most vulnerable from the coronavirus crisis, had not gotten to her as of April 30.