Kisumu Family Puzzled as Girl Vanishes after Church Service with Grandma: "Rudi Nakupenda"
- A young girl identified as Tashley Akinyi was excited about attending church with her grandmother at St Theresa Cathedral Catholic Church in Kibuye, Kisumu
- Tashley is a Grade Seven student at MM Shah Primary School, and her grandmother told her to go home and eat lunch after the service
- The 34-year-old mum of the teen reported the matter to the police and also engaged the estate leader to help in searching for her
Kisumu, Kenya: A family in Kisumu is distressed as their daughter, Tashely Akinyi, disappeared without a trace after attending a church service with her grandmother.
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Is there a Catholic church in Kibuye?
According to her worried mother, Tashely was excited about going to church the following morning, and her mother told her to sleep early so that she could get her wish of attending church with her granny.
On March 23, Tashley accompanied her grandmother to St Theresa Cathedral Catholic Church in Kibuye, Kisumu.
"We go to church every Sunday and this was no different. I told her to go home while I attended the Catholic Women's Association (CWA) meeting," her grandmother Rose Adongo told Nation.
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Where is MM Shah Primary School?
Tashley, who was wearing a white dress and jungle green shoes, left for home, but when her grandma arrived there, she did not find the girl.
Initially, the family thought that the Grade Seven girl who attends MM Shah Primary School had gone to visit her friends and would turn up in the evening, but that did not happen.
"We searched entire neighbourhood and called her friends, checked every place we could think of. When we couldn't find her, we reported the matter at Kondele Police Station the following day," said her mother Irene Adongo.
According to the 34-year-old, Tashley is her only child, and since the teen's disappearance, things have never been the same for the family again.
They have been searching hospitals but have yet to be successful.
Where is Arina Estate?
The single mother who does menial jobs described her daughter as her everything, adding that she is also very obedient.
"All I can ask God is to keep her safe wherever she is. It is painful to lose someone, but it hurts more when you don't know their whereabouts," said Irene.
The family has not been looking for the young one all alone, as the Arina Estate in Kisumu fraternity has been searching for the teen intensely.
"We quickly mobilised a search that also included members of the Nubian and Manyatta estates but haven't found any leads," said Sam Odemba, the estate leader.
The authorities and family members are asking people with any information to come forward.
Githurai mum in agony as Form 3 daughter disappears
In another story, the family of Fidelis Nyambura is still looking for her weeks after she went missing from her home in Githurai.
Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, Gladys Karanja shared that all was well at home before the girl left their house, and since then she has never been seen again.
Gladys shared that Fidelis was well-behaved and never went against what she was told; she added that it had been long since they fell out.
Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
