Body of child whose mother jumped into river retrieved, search for mum ongoing

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.

On Saturday morning, Wangui, aged 29, threw herself into river Nyamindi  with her 5 year old child 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. 

The incident has shocked Kabiro-ini villagers. Her grandmother Fridah Njoki says Wangui and her daughter had come to visit her as her parents, who are civil servants works in Embu County.

“She was a very good girl and her baby too. I wonder why she decided to take her own life,” her grandmother said.

The body of the girl has been taken to Kibugi funeral home as residents continue searching for the body of Wangui.