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Prisoner undergoes surgery to retrieve hidden phone from his rectum

By LUCY MKANYIKA December 1st, 2018 1 min read

A Manyani Maximum Security Prison inmate is recuperating after undergoing surgery at Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi to retrieve a mobile phone that had been embedded in his rectum.

The inmate is said to have been concealing the phone from prison guards.

The move backfired after the gadget failed to come out giving the inmate a severe stomach ache.

FAILED TO PASS STOOL

He was forced reveal to prison officers after he failed to pass stool for three days.

The officers took him to hospital where an x-ray revealed that the gadget was stuck on the lower abdomen.

Doctors at the health centre recommended that the inmate undergoes a surgery to retrieve the phone.

SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

The hospital’s medical superintendent Kagona Gitau said doctors were observing him after a successful operation.

The prison officer in charge, Nicholas Maswai, said the inmates use the phones to defraud residents.

He said disciplinary actions will be taken against the inmate.