Detectives probing into the controversial death of Dandora-based human rights activist Carol Mwatha have released details of her last moments before she died.
Text messages secured from Mwatha’s mobile phone by detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations reveal her last conversations with Mr Alexander Gikonya, with whom police claim was her mpango wa kando.
The SMSs, paint a picture of a helpless and distressed woman who was in agony and one who feared for her life moments after she procured the abortion.
On Thursday, a postmortem by independent pathologist Peter Ndegwa revealed that Mwatha died of excessive bleeding from a ruptured uterus after a botched abortion. Most of the exchanges seen between Mwatha and her lover took place on Wednesday, the same day she was reported missing.
As the storm was brewing outside about her mysterious disappearance, attendants at the Dandora clinic were struggling to save her life after the abortion turned catastrophic.
“Nimetibiwa kiasi. The rest narudi saa nane wakamalize kuniosha. Naskia tu baridi kwa wingi. Kutoka juzi naumwa sijakula anything. But nahope by 4-5 kila kitu itakuwa sawa. Anyway, juz continue praying dat all goes well thanx ” Mwatha wrote to Gikonya.
She later added: “Ndio nataka kurudi hossy tena…Nimechoka uchungu kiasi”
She also kept reassuring him that all would be well, and even said she loved him. Already, eight people are being held by the police as investigations into the death continue.