Four months later, family still hopes for safe return of their mother

Dorina Ashianga Owate, disappeared this year on September 8.[Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Two years ago, when Dorina Ashianga Owate was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure, the doctor warned her family of the challenges that come with the condition, including the possibility of memory loss. Despite the diagnosis, Dorina was able to go on with her life as usual, a factor that led her children to believe that their 54-year-old mother was all right.

On September 8 this year, Owate innocently left to fetch water at a water point near her house in Ongata Rongai, but she never came back home. The last person to see her was a child who was coming from school, who said that he saw Ongate with a bucket, walking towards the water point along Gataka Road in Ongata Rongai. The family does not know whether Owate reached the watering point or not.