A wave of misfortunes: The story of Rachel who lost her husband and a year later had her leg amputated

Racheal Wambui Muraya owner Ray Rayah Salon in Boma Photo: David Gichuru/ Standard

Rachel Muraya was your typical girl next door, with a happy life, courting a young man she had met in the course of her work and with big dreams for her future. Life was well-paced and she would never have anticipated how it would all come crashing down. The young man died two weeks after their wedding and just as she was coming to terms with her loss, she found herself grappling with yet another disaster.

"I worked at Ashleys in Westgate as a beautician for about six years. In 2010 I was at the Mall, Westlands, when I met my husband, who was working there as a barber," she says.