When we wake up every morning, we have a ll reasons to thank our creator for the air we breath. When I heard about Daniel Kighala 24, who is neither a girl nor a boy, I would not imagine the kind of life he lives with such an identity crisis.
He has assumed a male identity, but to date is unsure of his real gender having since childhood lived with both male and female sexual organs.
What is more shocking is that both organs are working, he can erect and at the same time he receives monthly periods.
He does not even have a national identity card, because he is unable to fill the forms where one is supposed to indicate whether they are “male or female”. He is forced to tightly strap breasts that started protruding from his chest when he reached adolescence to ward off gossip and humiliation from his fellow villagers.
His mother was unable to cater for his medical care and Daniel has no option, he has to live with the agony and has no one to turn to. He earns a living through scooping sand at a nearby river in his home area in Taita.