On Saturday morning, Maureen Wangui, a 29-year-old woman, took her own life by jumping into River Nyamindi, with her five-year-old daughter strapped to her back.
Her uncle Stephen Maembe said Wangui was seen by a watchman at Kainamoi coffee factory throwing herself into the river.
The guard raised an alarm before informing police.
In a heartbreaking suicide note, Maureen revealed that she was battlling with depression and feelings of rejection from her own family.
The note expressed Maureen’s fear that her daughter would face mistreatment if left behind, prompting her to make the devastating decision to end both their lives.
“Sitaacha mtoto wangu akiteswa. Where I go I don’t know but I will go with you. If they did not show me love, my child trust me, they will have no for you,” part of the note read.
Maureen further said that if she had a little hope that there would be light at the end of the tunnel, she would hang on but depression took a toll on her, prompting her to end her life and that of her innocent child.
“If I had a little hope that there would be even a little light at the end of the tunnel, I would hung on. But let us give ourselves to the water,’’ she wrote.
She also asked for God’s forgiveness and prayed that God would shower her with unconditional love once she dies.
Meanwhile, the body of the 5-year-old girl has since been found.
According to Gichugu sub-county police commander Johnson Wachira, the body of Precious Wairimu was discovered at Gichogo village on Saturday night.
Residents who were fetching water from the river saw the body floating inside.
“We are working together with the local residents to see the body of her mother, Maureen Wangui is discovered,” Wachira said.
