Blessings Tamara: Tears as Family Holds Candlelighting Ceremony for Murdered Girl, Demands Justice
- Blessings Tamara was a sweet and friendly girl loved by many in Nyeri, where her mum Susan Wanjiru worked as a trader
- The life of the girl was allegedly cut short by a man well-known to her, identified as Nicholas Macharia
- On June 2, family and friends gathered at the Lower Stage in Nyeri Central Business District (CBD) for a candlelighting ceremony for little Tamara
Lower Stage, Nyeri: Tears flowed freely as family and friends held a candlelight vigil for the late Blessings Tamara, who was sadly assaulted and murdered by a man well-known to her, Nicholas Macharia.
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What happened to Tamara?
On Monday, June 2, a crowd thronged the Lower Stage in Nyeri Central Business District (CBD), near the market, to celebrate the life of 7-year-old Blessings Tamara, whose brutal death deeply shook the community.
Tamara went missing after waking up and doing everything as usual, but at some point, she vanished without a trace. Her family started looking for her and eventually, calls to find her started circulating online.
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It wasn't until a woman shared that she had seen her with Macharia earlier that the family got some headway in their search efforts.
CCTV footage had earlier captured her walking alongside Macharia, who was a well-known porter to traders in the Nyeri market area.
Four days after the little angel went missing, Macharia led them to his house in Witemere Slums, where he had hidden the young one's corpse and they unearthed the body of Tamara in a gunny bag.
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How was Tamara's Candlelight Vigil?
During the vigil to celebrate the life of Tamara, people danced, praised, and worshipped God. They were held together by blinding grief as they were confronted by the fact that a little life had been senselessly cut short.
Musician after musician led the people in worship and as they prayed to God about the life of the little girl, tears flowed on their faces.
Children who were also present could not hold back their tears as well; the murder was indeed committed against an innocent soul.
Macharia is in jail and Senior Principal Magistrate Faith Munyi of Nyeri Court ordered him to be detained for 14 days to allow police to complete investigations. The case is set to be mentioned on June 10.
Kenyans react to the story:
Joseph Muraya:
"It's like a spear piercing through the heart so painful to lose an innocent soul rest peacefully young angel."
Makena Mutugi:
"The pain will never go away, we will learn to live with it ...rest well daughter💔."
Sospeter Kiura:
"Jackie plz this story is painful I think people of this nature are threat to the society and it would have been better if the law of moses could have applied here.Mimi sijaokoka saana. A beautiful child, someone's- daughter, grandchild,sister ,friend and our child going through all this sooo painful.Toto am weak sisemi kitu ni machungu moyoni, wazazi WA Tamara Mimi nashindwa hata kusema pole coz pia haisaidii."
Wacheke Nyokabi:
"#justicefortamara 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔It's not well until Justice is prevail."
Mum of slain girl narrates her last moments
In another story, Susan Wanjiru shared that she last saw her beloved daughter, Tamara, at the New Open Air Market in Nyeri town on Saturday, May 24.
The Nyeri trader next saw her child when she was dead and buried under the bed with her body wrapped in a gunny bag.
Tamara's mother and grandmother recounted the seven-year-old girl’s last steps and finding her dead.
Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
