Keino’s fiancé tells of her last call to him

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Ms Mercy Keino was a Masters Student at the University of Nairobi. She died on June 17, 2011 and her body was found on Nairobi's Waiyaki way. Photo/FILE 

By PAUL OGEMBA pogemba@ke.nationmedia.com 
Posted  Friday, September 14  2012 at  23:30

IN SUMMARY

• She told me she was going to a party and would be home late, Kemboi tells inquest
• Witness says he saw the university girl waving at his car and moments later spotted her dead

Mercy Keino spoke to her fiancé Ronald Kemboi before meeting her death, an inquest into the death was told on Friday.

Mr Kemboi told the inquiry in Nairobi that Ms Keino informed him that she was going to collect her clothes from a friend, and that she would come home late on the fateful June 17, 2011.

Later at 8pm, he said the University of Nairobi student sent him a text message informing him that they were going to a party.

“I asked her again at 9.30pm and she replied that she would be coming home shortly. I did not communicate with her again believing that she would come since it wasn’t the first time she was going to a party alone,” said Mr Kemboi.

However, at 3.30am, the witness said that he received a call from Ms Keino’s friend that she had been acting violently and ran away from the party they were attending after being slapped by Juja MP William Kabogo.

The next day he began the search for his lover at Wasini Luxury Homes, where the party was held, but ended up finding her body at the City Mortuary.

Mr Kemboi told presiding magistrate Peter Ndwiga that of a shattered dream after their planned wedding failed to take place after her death.

He said he got engaged to Ms Keino in March 2011 and had planned a wedding in December, only to lose her six months to their big day.

Meanwhile, a motorist has denied running over Ms Keino.

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Mr Michael Njoroge on Friday told the inquest that he saw the Masters student waving in the middle of the road but swerved to avoid knocking her down.

However, moments later, he said he passed the same road and her body was lying on the side of the road.

Another witness, Ms Lucina Muriuki, had on Wednesday told the magistrate that she saw a body under a Mercedes Benz car on Waiyaki Way on the night of June 17, 2011.

Mr Njoroge told the inquiry that he was driving a navy blue Toyota car and did not hit Ms Keino.

Prosecutor (Moses Omirera): What were you doing on that night?

Mr Njoroge: I was driving my nephew home along Waiyaki Way when we came across a lady running and waving at my car. I swerved to avoid hitting her and continued with the journey.

Prosecutor: What happened after you dropped your nephew home?

Mr Njoroge: I was heading home after about 40 minutes and when I reached near St Mark’s Church, I noticed a car in front of me which had slowed down.

Prosecutor: What made you stop on the side of the road?

Mr Njoroge: I noticed it was a human being lying on the road and I thought it was the same person I had avoided hitting earlier.

Prosecutor: What made you conclude it was the same person?

Mr Njoroge: The person I avoided hitting and the one who was lying on the road was a female.

After witnessing the incident, Mr Njoroge said, he reported the matter to Parklands Police Station, and learnt through the media the next day that the body of a female university student had been recovered at the scene. The inquest was adjourned to December 7.