- Sylvia Muhonja Lumbasio was delighted after receiving a positive call from a family member concerning her missing daughter
- All her tears of pain and worry were finally wiped away after more than one year since her girl disappeared
- Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, the Vihiga woman shared delicate details concerning her daughter, who was poised to sit for her 2024 KCSE exam
A woman from Vihiga county can finally breathe a sigh of relief after receiving good news following many sleepless nights.
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Sylvia Muhonja Lumbasio was delighted after a close relative whom she thought was lost was found.
She was relieved that her daughter, who had been missing for over one year, was found safe and sound.
Sylvia gets call from brother
Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, the mother of three narrated how she got the news that her daughter, Belinda Injairu, had been found.
“I was heading to a legal case when I received a call from my brother, who told me my daughter had returned home. I asked him to go and confirm, which he did. He even sent me her photos. I was relieved she was alive and kicking. I told her I would talk to her later,” she said.
Sylvia recounted how her daughter went missing in April 2024, when she had gone home for the midterm break.
How did Belinda go missing?
At the time, Belinda had gone to her grandmother’s home but did not stay long before she disappeared without a trace.
“She had just stayed there for two days. On the second day, she left the house without notifying anyone that she was leaving. It was like she was going to the shop and would return. That is how she got lost.
I had to involve the police after we could not find her. I went to Chavakali Police Station and got an OB number. Sometimes I would receive calls from people who claimed to have seen someone like her in a certain village. Unfortunately, none of them ever led to finding her,” she said.
Sylvia reaches out to journalist for help
Not once or twice had Sylvia endured sleepless nights and skipped meals because she did not know where her daughter was, whether she was alive, dead, eating, or suffering.
She later decided to reach out to a content creator and journalist who shared her heartbreaking story.
“After he posted it, the following day is when she was found. She returned home. I was glad that after many months of searching for her, she was still breathing,” she said.
Sylvia noted how she raised her daughter and two other children with challenges as a single mother.
Sylvia opens up on working in Qatar
She had to leave her kids with their grandmother as she travelled to Qatar, where she worked for eight years.
“I would come home after two years. We still communicated on the phone, so it’s not like we never talked. I worked hard to take Belinda to school until last year when she was poised to sit for her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) at Ikobero Girls High School. That is when she went missing during the short midterm holidays.
She has never been sent home because of school fees. She is always a calm girl. Her friends are mostly her cousins and family members. How she went missing all of a sudden and returned with a baby baffles me,” she said.
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Nyeri Form 4 student goes missing
In another story, a family in Nyeri was in panic after their son vanished without a trace after attending a church service.
Kelvin Kamau Wandina went missing on Sunday, June 22, leaving his family in pain and worry.
The Form Four student was at home for the midterm break when he disappeared under unknown circumstances.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
