Losing a loved one is an experience many would not want to ever go through.
Even at this, it is clearly evident that we cannot escape death, and that all that differs is the time and the manner that we all die.
So what then happens when someone you love meets his/her death in the most barbaric manner at a time you feel wasn’t theirs to go to the maker?
Well, a number of Kenyans are currently struggling to come to terms with the gruesome murder of a Moi University Medical Science Student named Ivy Wangechi.
Wangechi met her untimely death at the hands of a man believed to be obsessed with her. The man identified as Mr Naftali Njahi Kinuthia hacked her to death in broad daylight before he was also landed on by angry members of the public who beat him up before he was rescued by the police.
He is in a hospital in critical condition recieving treatment as Police keep watch of him.
Meanwhile, friends and neighbours trooped to Ms Wangechi’s Thika home to grieve with the family.
The family could not make an official statement but said their pain was worsened when they learnt about the murder through social media.
The daring midday attack outside the busy hospital brought business to a standstill as hundreds of onlookers thronged the scene.
Mr Winston Akama, her fellow student, said that he was with Ms Wangechi as they did their regular rounds at Nyayo Ward before they took a break.
Mr Benethe Ananda, a witness, said the assailant was smartly dressed and did not appear to be planning to kill someone.
“He had a white sack which he pulled an axe from. We heard the lady cry out as he attacked her. We rushed to the scene and found her lying in a pool of blood,” Mr Ananda said.
Moi University Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgey had a hectic time trying to calm students.
He urged students to remain calm as the university was working with security personnel to find out the motive of the attack and promised to ensure security was improved at the school.