Faith Makau is just lucky to be alive after a brush with death at the hands of a jilted lover who stabbed her three times in the abdomen on Thursday, August 19.
The 20-year-old hospitality student at the Kenya Utalii College narrated to the Standard the harrowing experience at the hands of a man she knew very well.
Makau knew Calvin Barasa through the church in which they both worship and are members of the youth groups.
Her ordeal began shortly after she left her house to buy airtime from a nearby shop. On her way, she met Barasa who requested her to help him carry the musical instruments to the church.
“On my way to the shop, I met Baraza, who requested me to help him carry musical instruments to the church. I didn’t sense any danger, as it’s normal for members of the youth team to assist in church activities. I, consequently, agreed and accompanied him to his house,” she narrated.
She gladly accepted to help him but little did she know his motive. Upon reaching Barasa's house, she noticed two kitchen knives on the table.
“Given that it was his house, I thought it was normal for someone to sometimes forget cutleries in the living room," she added.
Barasa reportedly gathered courage and opened up on what he perceived as her long time rejection of his romantic advances, saying it was time to get things straight.
“He told me, ‘I have been expressing interest in you, but you always reject my advances. Today, I want to prove to you that if I won’t have you to myself, then no one else will’,” said Makau.
The Utalii student alleged that Barasa picked one of the knives and severely cut her index finger before stabbing her thrice in the abdomen.
“He, thereafter, stabbed me in the abdomen twice. I was in shock and too weak to scream. When he stabbed me for the third in the stomach, I fell down and pretended I had died,” stated Makau.
The jilted lover then fled telling her that she would never see him again.
“Convinced that he had gone, and wouldn’t return anytime soon, I rose up and started walking towards the door, while in deep pain and bleeding profusely. On reaching the exit, I was shocked to see him coming back. It was then that I gathered courage and shouted for help.”
She narrated how her pleas to him fell on deaf ears, an indication that he had made up his mind to end her life.
“I was sure he was devoted to killing me. Nonetheless, I begged him to take me to the hospital, or just carry and abandon me on the road. That’s the last thing I remember. I must have collapsed thereafter,” she added.
The college student was rescued by neighbours who heard her scream and rushed to Mwingi Level IV Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment.
Barasa was later nabbed by an irate mob that was baying for his blood but was rescued by police officers.
Mwingi Central Sub County Police Commander, Peter Mutuma, stated that the suspect was in custody awaiting arraignment where he will be charged with attempted murder.
