Harrowing diary of guardian‘s week-long search for ‘blessing’

FROM LEFT: Alice Wanjiku, Emout Murimi, Mercy Mwangi, Edward Muturi and John Waiguni at Chiromo Mortuary, Nairobi.[PHOTO.FIDELIS KABUNYI/STANDARD]

Friday April 3

We meet Muturi at 10am at the Chiromo Funeral Parlour, a day after the massacre. He had traveled to Nairobi from his Nyeri home for a busy day, and his phone had been switched off, only to be swamped with frantic text messages and missed calls at about 4pm when he came online. On learning that Waithera, a third-year student pursuing a Business Management degree at the Garissa University College, is missing, he spends the night in Nairobi eager to know her fate.