Lilian Mbugua: EABL staffer who went missing from Murang’a family home found alive
Lilian Nyambura Mbugua, the woman who went
missing from her family's home in Gikono, Kabati, Murang’a County on December 23, has
been found alive.
Ms Mbugua’s family confirmed to Citizen
Digital that the 28-year-old was found at a filling station in Maragua Town,
Murang’a early Tuesday, some minutes past midnight.
“She was weak and confused,” her uncle,
George Njuguna, said. “She says she found herself at the filling station and
told the attendants on duty to call her mother.”
Mr Njuguna added that Lilian, a brand
manager with East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) in Nairobi, was taken to a
nearby health centre, where health officials said she looked “disturbed.”
“We are in touch with her employer and she
is set to be taken to Nairobi for further medical attention as police continue
to probe the incident,” said Njuguna.
Lilian travelled to her mother’s home on
Saturday, December 21, for the Christmas festivities.
All was well and they even attended a
church service together on Sunday, December 22, before returning home. The
family had a joyous breakfast and lunch together the following day, on Monday.
Then at about 5 p.m., Lilian walked out of
their compound in a gated community for what the family says seemed like an
evening stroll.
“It seemed like she had just gone for an
ordinary walk around the estate because she was still in her head scarf and
slippers. Her mother was doing some house chores in the backyard,” Njuguna
previously told Citizen Digital.
Upon trying to reach Lilian on her two
mobile phones, they found she had left both gadgets in the house before heading
out.
“Her car, its keys, laptop and keys to her
Nairobi house were also in the family house, alongside all her identity
documents,” added her uncle.
The family waited for Lilian in vain and
reported the matter to the nearby Gikono police post on Tuesday, December 24 afternoon.
They also reported to the Directorate of
Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kenol, which on Saturday, December 28, reached
out to say investigations had so far established Lilian made three phone calls
on Saturday evening, two days before she went missing.
On Sunday, December 29, police told Citizen
Digital they had not received any possible leads to Ms Mbugua’s
whereabouts and described the probe as difficult because Lilian did not leave the
house with mobile devices that could be traced.
“It is a hard inquiry because if we had a
phone we could track or a known motor vehicle we could trace, it would be
easier to narrow down our lines of investigation,” Constable Patrick Maina of
the Gikono police said then.
“We await more details from the DCI which could help us in the probe.”
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