A schoolteacher has almost died a tragic death in public while taking part in an eating contest to rake in some money.
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.
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