A schoolteacher has almost died a tragic death in public
while taking part in an eating contest to rake in some
money.
File photo used only for illustrative purpose
Paul Sang’ a Kenyan schoolteacher from Kipkelion
District, Kericho County has narrowly escaped death.
The man survived death by a whisker after he choked on
dry bread during an eating contest a fortnight ago.
According to SDE , the teacher who was tired of using
his lowly, out-of-vogue Nokia 3310 and desperate to
upgrade to a more serious phone, threw his hat in the
ring to battle it out with other five contestants for a
smartphone, which was the ultimate prize.
The youthful tutor is said to have defied pleas from his
seniors who begged him not to participate in the
challenge, fearing it would taint the image of the
teaching profession.
“Mwalimu, this thing (eating competition) is beneath
you. Leave such things to villagers. We’d rather do a
small fundraiser for you, if it’s a smartphone you
desperately need,” one of his colleagues is quoted to
have pleaded with him in vain.
SDE reports that the defiant teacher, determined to own
a smartphone so that he, like his colleagues, could
tweet and facebook, insisted on joining the contest,
which was sponsored by an upcoming supermarket in
Kericho Town.
“Guys, I need your support to win this thing. Not
rebukes please,” the teachers is quoted as having told
two of his colleagues with whom he was strolling in the
town.
When the starting whistle was blown, dignity took a
back seat as the distinguished civil servant slugged it
out with villagers, amid wild cheers from locals. Hell,
however, broke lose minutes after the teacher literally
bit more than he could chew.
It didn’t take long before he ran short of saliva and
began to weirdly contort his face as he struggled to
swallow a huge chunk of bread he had bit.
It took the intervention of his embarrassed colleagues to
save him. With his dignity gone to the dogs, they spread
him out on the ground, forced copious amounts of water
down his throat as tickled onlookers helped to fan him
for fresh air.
The competition took a small break but went on later
after the organisers changed the rules of the game and
included soda to help contestants wash down the
bread.
News that a teacher had almost lost his life trying to
win a phone spread all over and he has since been the
talk of town, with some locals calling upon Teachers
Service Commission to improve the welfare of tutors.
while taking part in an eating contest to rake in some
money.
File photo used only for illustrative purpose
Paul Sang’ a Kenyan schoolteacher from Kipkelion
District, Kericho County has narrowly escaped death.
The man survived death by a whisker after he choked on
dry bread during an eating contest a fortnight ago.
According to SDE , the teacher who was tired of using
his lowly, out-of-vogue Nokia 3310 and desperate to
upgrade to a more serious phone, threw his hat in the
ring to battle it out with other five contestants for a
smartphone, which was the ultimate prize.
The youthful tutor is said to have defied pleas from his
seniors who begged him not to participate in the
challenge, fearing it would taint the image of the
teaching profession.
“Mwalimu, this thing (eating competition) is beneath
you. Leave such things to villagers. We’d rather do a
small fundraiser for you, if it’s a smartphone you
desperately need,” one of his colleagues is quoted to
have pleaded with him in vain.
SDE reports that the defiant teacher, determined to own
a smartphone so that he, like his colleagues, could
tweet and facebook, insisted on joining the contest,
which was sponsored by an upcoming supermarket in
Kericho Town.
“Guys, I need your support to win this thing. Not
rebukes please,” the teachers is quoted as having told
two of his colleagues with whom he was strolling in the
town.
When the starting whistle was blown, dignity took a
back seat as the distinguished civil servant slugged it
out with villagers, amid wild cheers from locals. Hell,
however, broke lose minutes after the teacher literally
bit more than he could chew.
It didn’t take long before he ran short of saliva and
began to weirdly contort his face as he struggled to
swallow a huge chunk of bread he had bit.
It took the intervention of his embarrassed colleagues to
save him. With his dignity gone to the dogs, they spread
him out on the ground, forced copious amounts of water
down his throat as tickled onlookers helped to fan him
for fresh air.
The competition took a small break but went on later
after the organisers changed the rules of the game and
included soda to help contestants wash down the
bread.
News that a teacher had almost lost his life trying to
win a phone spread all over and he has since been the
talk of town, with some locals calling upon Teachers
Service Commission to improve the welfare of tutors.
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