Man fakes suicide to woo girl back

By JOB WERUA man recently shocked his age mates in Tetu, Nyeri County, when he 'took poison' after his fiancee abandoned him in a matatu termini.
The man had travelled with the woman from Nairobi to introduce her to his parents in Njoguini village.
But when the couple arrived in Nyeri town, the woman disappeared and could not be traced until the following day when she called to say she had decided to return to Nairobi.
The two met about six months ago during a family gathering at Nyahururu, where he was employed as a shamba boy. They had been communicating over mobile phone.
They then decided to visit the man’s family and declare their intension to marry. The man travelled to Nairobi to pick the woman. They shopped for items in Nyeri before boarding a matatu.
As the vehicle waited for more passengers, he excused himself to buy some items he had forgotten. When he went back, the girl was missing.
"He was assisted by matatu operators to search for her in vain," said a source.
The woman’s mobile phone was switched off.
He travelled to his rural home alone and informed his parents about the mysterious disappearance. At noon the following day, he received a phone call from the woman.
"She told him she did not want to be associated with him and they were mere friends," his friend told Crazy Monday.
Shocked, he picked some acaracides from the store and spilled it into a pit latrine and then raised alarm that he had consumed poison. His mother screamed attracting neighbours. Villagers hired a taxi to take him to a nearby hospital where he was admitted.
He pretended to be unconscious as medical personnel treated him.
He was still ‘unconscious’ by the third day in hospital. By the bedside, his mother asked friends to search for the woman’s number. At that moment, the man raised his voice saying, "Ndi nayo. Ni 0728... (I have the number. It is...)", he said and then went mute.
Efforts to call the woman were fruitless, since the mobile phone was switched off.
His friends talked to him and he revealed he lied about consuming poison to woo the woman back.
"He was later discharged and slapped with a bill of Sh60,000. It was hectic getting the money," said a source involved in raising the funds.