Eva Buyu is still in shock just like many Kenyans following
the death of her husband, IEBC ICT manager Chris Musando.
The young widow is totally confused on what to tell her
children. They are very young and cannot understand what’s going on.
“WHAT WILL I TELL THE CHILDREN? YOU PROMISED THAT
WE WOULD GROW OLD TOGETHER; HOW DOES IT TURN OUT THIS WAY?” SHE SAID SOBBING
UNCONTROLLABLY.
Family members and close relatives thronged Musando’s home
to mourn their bread winner whose life was cut short by unknown assailants.
They described him as a good, an intelligent, humble and
peace-loving man.
“HE WAS A VERY HONEST AND STRAIGHTFORWARD PERSON.
HE ALWAYS TOLD US WHAT HIS DAY WOULD BE LIKE AND LATER NARRATE HOW IT WENT. HE
WAS VERY SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY AND ALWAYS TOLD THE STORIES HUMOROUSLY,” ONE OF
HIS BROTHERS TOLD THE STANDARD.
Another relative narrated how they talked to Musando at
around 8 PM and he told them that he was a bit held up. They waited for Musando
that Friday night hoping that he would return to say goodnight to his sons who
couldn’t sleep without seeing him.
“BUT WHEN I CALLED HIM AT AROUND 10 PM, HIS PHONE
WAS OFF. I WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH THE CHILDREN AND STRUGGLED TO PUT THEM IN BED
BECAUSE THEY WERE WAITING FOR THEIR DAD. THEY WERE SO CLOSE. I TRIED CALLING
HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT ALL HIS PHONES REMAINED OFF, WHICH WAS VERY UNUSUAL.
BUT NOTHING SUSPICIOUS CROSSED MY MIND. I ASSUMED THAT SINCE HE HAD MENTIONED
HAVING A LOT OF WORK AT THE OFFICE, HE WAS SIMPLY HELD UP.”
After failing to show up at home, his wife suspected
something amiss and filed a missing person report at Embakasi Police Station
and immediately the search for her husband began.
Kenyans on Twitter tweeted about Musando’s disappearance and
on Saturday, his body was found in a thicket in Kikuyu area alongside that of
his longtime friend Caroline Ngumbu by the area residents and it was taken to
City Mortuary.
The family hoped that he would be back but on Monday, they
found his body at the morgue after searching him for close to 72 hours.
