Gikomba fire: Father learnt of his daughter’s death on TV

Isaiah Esibai who claims to be the former husband of Beatrice Kaveke during an interview with The Standard at Chiromo Mortuary on 2/7/18. [Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

No one would have loved to be in Isaiah Esibai’s shoes. The 36-year-old had to travel from Luanda in Western Kenya to join other grieving families in a body identification exercise at the Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi on Monday following the Gikomba fire tragedy.

Dressed in a pair of blue tattered soiled jeans, with a red T-shirt protruding at the neck of his black stripped white checkered shirt, Esibai lined up among other mourners to view his daughter’s body.