A woman from Kikuyu, Kiambu county, whose firstborn son died in Haiti, continues to grieve him as she recounts memories of him.

Jacinta Wanjiku Kabiru could not hold back her emotions as she remembered the plans and promises she had made with her son, Benedict Kabiru.

The heartbroken woman revealed her son, who was the second Kenyan police officer to die in Haiti during the peacekeeping mission, wanted to settle her.

"In the last conversation I had with him, I told him I wanted to quit my job. I am a teacher and I will soon be 56 years old. I told him I wanted to start a business. He told me not to worry as he wanted me to settle, have my place. He said he wanted to build me a house since I live in rentals. He wanted me to live in a good place, a place I could call my home. We agreed that we would communicate with each other later," the single mum said.

It was after the conversation that Wanjiku received the worrying news that her son had gone missing.

Benedict had informed his mother that he would start working at night hence their communication would be limited.

Wanjiku kept in touch with the Kiambu sub-county officer, who informed her that the government and the police department were doing all they could to find her son.

"Every time I would contact the madam, she would tell me they were still searching for him, they were looking for him. It went on until I started seeing reports online that my son had passed away," she said.

Wanjiku still clung to the hope that her son was alive as she demanded that the government of Kenya return her son, whom she had given to them.

Tears freely flowed down the cheeks of the agonised mum, saying Benedict was the breadwinner of her family.

The family was looking up to him as she did not have much and Benedict was all she was proud of. He was her star and beacon of hope.

In another story, Benedict's wife painfully mourned her husband, who had not only left her a widow but a single mother of one.

Miriam Watima dispelled any rumors that Banedict was single as she opened up on their marriage.

The shattered woman disclosed she had been married to the military man since 2016, when he was working in Busia county, which was his first job.

They continued their relationship even when Benedict was transferred to Mandera county, as Watima explained.

She recounted her husband's last gesture before he went missing, saying he had ordered some electronic devices online.

Their speaker was not functioning well and hence he ordered a new one, alongside an iron box.

Before Watima could contact and inform him that she had received the gifts, he went missing, never to talk to his family again.

Source: TUKO.co.ke