Unlikely Beggars: Meet A Masters Degree Holder Indian And His Friend Who Live As Beggars In Ngara
Street beggars and urchins are normally and usually associated with African children and adults who in one way or the other have no option for life except to throng streets in urban centres to beg for food and other things.
It is so unlikely that someone from the Indian community could resort to begging because of the perception we have that Indians almost always live on the first lane of life.
When K24 went deep and uncovered the ordeal two Indian men are going through in Ngara, Nairobi, the viewers were taken aback, with the #unlikelybeggars hashtag trending for more than two ours.
K24’s Alphonce Oladipo went ahead to uncover two Indian men leaving in a bush in Ngara after falling from grace to grass, thanks to misfortunes that sometimes come with life.
One of the men is a masters degree holder from India where he studied IT and Software applications.
The beggar with a masters degree
He says that he once lived a sweet live. His parents were teachers. He schooled at Jamuhuri High School before flying out to India for further studies.
His life, however, took a u-turn when his parents died. Their property was grabbed and the masters degree holder had no option but to resort to the streets.
The man whose wife deserted for being alcoholic
His friend who has a black eye after being beaten by thugs says he was chased away from home for being a drunkard, his wife and brother-in-law flew back to India leaving him helpless in Nairobi. He resorted to street life which he has lived for three years now
