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Mr
Alex Mbijjiwe, 35, had arrived back home early this week from Congo,
where he works as an engineer, with big plans for yesterday’s lovers’
day.
According to his relatives, the father of three
had planned to surprise his wife, Mrs Gakii Mbijjiwe, with a car as a
Valentine’s gift.
And so when he arrived in Nairobi
from his base in Kinshasa, where he worked as a hydraulic expert with
Atlas Copco International, he took his wife to Mombasa, where they
received the car which he had ordered for her from Japan.
DIED ON THE SPOT
Unfortunately,
fate did not allow Mrs Mbijjiwe, 34, to formally receive her special
gift after she and her husband were involved in a fatal accident near
Machakos along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway as they drove back to the
city.
She died on the spot while her husband succumbed to the injuries hours later in hospital.
Family
members and other relatives were still streaming to the couple’s home
in Imara Daima yesterday when the Saturday Nation visited the home.
His
elder brother, who refused to reveal his name, said the family could
not talk to the media about the tragedy until they consulted their
in-laws.
“He was just another angel on earth and his
death is a confirmation that angels are not supposed to be with us. He
was just so good,” said Mr Mbijjiwe’s sister in-law, Grace Mutuiri.
The couple had three children, boys aged seven and four.
Courtesy of Daily Nation.
Courtesy of Daily Nation.