5 litres of pus! Kamene Goro breaks silence on mysterious infection that almost claimed her life

Kenyan media personality Kamene Goro has opened up about a frightening medical ordeal that nearly cost her life, revealing doctors removed five litres of pus from her stomach during emergency surgery after a mysterious infection pushed her body to the brink.

Speaking on the Tubonge Podcast on Sunday, April 26, Kamene recounted how what many dismissed as pregnancy rumours was in fact a severe and life-threatening infection she had unknowingly been living with.

“You’d be so shocked to know who is there for you in your 11th hour. If it wasn’t for my small sister, I would be dead,” she said.

Kamene shared that she had been struggling to breathe and reached out to her younger sister, a medical student, who quickly stepped in and rushed her to the hospital. At the time, she said, social media users were body-shaming her, with many speculating she was pregnant because of her swollen stomach.

“People trolled me, body-shaming me; I wasn’t pregnant, I had an infection,” she said.

She was first seen by doctors who advised that she be transferred to Nairobi Hospital, where she was admitted immediately and taken to the Intensive Care Unit.

“The doctors said I had to be admitted to the ICU, and this needed hundreds of thousands. Thank God for my mother. She was like, just do it,” she recalled.

According to Kamene, the gravity of her condition became clear only hours later.

“It was about 1 am when I got admitted to the ICU. By 4 a.m., I’m opening my eyes and seeing this Asian man. He greeted me and said I had just a few hours to live.”

That moment, she said, remains etched in her mind, especially seeing her father shaken.

“I remember my dad coming into the room. I’ve never seen my dad so terrified.”

Doctors told her she needed emergency surgery, though she initially did not grasp how critical the situation was. In typical Kamene fashion, she even joked through the fear.

“I was like, ‘I’m fine, mniweke tu drip tumalizeni na hii mambo,’” she said with humour, before adding that doctors told her infection markers were “that of a dead person.”

Then came the shocking discovery.

“They removed 5 litres of pus from my stomach,” she revealed.

The radio personality said the pain had become so normal to her that she did not realise how sick she had become. Her stomach had swollen significantly, which many had mistaken for pregnancy.

“I had normalised pain. My tummy was so big.”

She underwent keyhole surgery, with doctors draining the infection and checking her organs.

“They removed all my organs, removed all the pus, and then put me back together,” she said, describing the procedure in her own dramatic but vivid way.

Remarkably, she said most of her organs were healthy, except her kidneys, which were battling the infection.

“Funny thing, all my organs were okay except my kidneys, which were fighting the infection.”

Kamene revealed the illness was linked to sepsis, a dangerous condition caused by the body’s extreme response to infection, but even now, doctors have not been able to determine where it originated.

“Up until now, no one knows where the sepsis came from.”

She also addressed rumours that circulated during her hospitalisation, including claims that William Ruto had paid her medical bill, saying false stories spread rapidly while she was fighting for her life.

“This is why I’m disenchanted with Kenyans, so many stories were pedalled about what I was suffering from, some even said President Ruto paid my hospital bill.”

For Kamene, the ordeal was not just about surviving physically, but spiritually too. She recalled surrendering everything before surgery.

“I remember telling God, ‘I hope you know you’re all I got now.’”

Absent husband

Kamene also opened up about another painful part of the ordeal, revealing her husband DJ Bonez was not present during some of her most critical moments in hospital, saying he said it was too hard for him to witness her in that condition.

Despite the absence she felt from her husband at that critical time, Kamene said she was supported by unexpected people, including her long-term friend and former colleague, Jalang’o, who she described as visibly emotional when he first saw her in the hospital.

“When I woke up in the morning, the first face I saw was Jalang’o. I looked up and I’ve never seen him so sad,” she said.

She also credited close friends and her mother for standing by her, even as financial and emotional strain hit the family during her admission. According to her, her mother reached out for help in several directions while trying to manage hospital bills.

“My mom called people, people she calls her friends… it wasn’t about money, it was that care you get,” she said.

Looking back, Kamene says the experience changed how she views life, relationships, and emotional presence, adding that she has learned to value peace and happiness above everything else.

“Live a life that you want to live. Do what makes you happy. Drop that trash. Just be happy. Right now, I’m stupid happy,” she said.

She also clarified that her condition was not linked to lifestyle choices, stating that it was a sudden medical emergency involving sepsis and peritonitis, which escalated quickly and nearly cost her life.

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