A 16 year old girl vanished from one of the most guarded girls schools in Kenya and the people running that institution are behaving like we are disturbing their peace by asking questions.
Read that again slowly.
A WHOLE CHILD disappeared.
Not outside a nightclub.
Not in a forest.
Not during chaos.
Inside a boarding school.
Inside St. Francis Mangu Girls in Kiambu County.
And what is shocking is not just the disappearance of Grace Wangare Thini.
It is the coldness.
The silence.
The arrogance.
The complete absence of urgency from people entrusted with children.
Grace disappeared on 10th April 2025.
The school only realised she was missing the following day after a teacher attending the third lesson noticed she was absent from class.
Meaning for hours nobody knew where she was.
Nobody checked.
Nobody panicked.
Nobody cared enough to immediately raise alarm.
This is a Form Four student living under school control, not an adult renting her own apartment in Nairobi.
So how does a child disappear from a highly secured boarding school without answers?
Today together with Maina Magret and Amos Koech we went to that school seeking one thing only:
Truth.
But what we found was walls.
The principal refused to face us.
The secretary redirected us like we were beggars asking for favours instead of citizens demanding accountability for a missing child.
Then came the deputy principal Mrs Gitonga in charge of curriculum.
The attitude alone told a story.
Arrogant.
Dismissive.
Defensive.
The kind of behaviour public officials display when they know something is wrong but believe ordinary Kenyans are too powerless to push further.
Simple questions became a problem.
Who last saw Grace?
Which teacher was on duty?
Which gate did she pass?
Was CCTV reviewed?
Were students questioned immediately?
Did she leave alone?
Was she assisted?
Why the delay in informing the parents?
No straight answers.
Only referrals.
Excuses.
Bureaucratic games.
They referred us to the Sub County Education Director over 40 kilometres away as if this is a paperwork issue and not a missing child crisis.
Meanwhile Grace’s parents are dying slowly.
Her father Mr Thini is battling hypertension from stress and emotional torture.
Her mother Eunice Wairimu is surviving on tears, prayers and hope.
Every day they travel from Naivasha near Wanyua Junction searching for answers no parent should ever beg for.
Imagine waking up every morning not knowing whether your daughter is alive, injured, kidnapped or dead.
Then imagine the institution responsible for her safety treating you like an inconvenience.
That is the cruelty this family is facing.
And Kenyans must stop normalising this madness.
A school cannot lose a child then hide behind offices and titles.
This country has become dangerously comfortable with institutional silence.
When poor families cry, powerful offices close ranks.
When children disappear, systems protect reputations first before human life.
That is why this case must not die.
The DCI, Ministry of Education, Child Protection agencies and every security organ in Kenya must move with speed and seriousness.
Because Grace Wangare Thini is not just another name.
She is somebody’s daughter.
And tonight somewhere in Kenya, two parents are staring at a silent phone praying it rings with news that their child is still alive.
You’re standing on a planet with molten lava at its core. Trees are turning sunlight into air you can breathe. Your heart is beating without you asking it to. There’s a moon in the sky and bugs that glow. This whole thing is absurdly beautiful. Don’t forget to notice it.
Since Ruto supports creatives I would love to see him attend show ya Crickets na @WillieOeba
Ukitaka kujua how much the government sucks jiulize how many walipatikana kwa gunia Mukuru Kwa Njenga.
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I remember begging the officers to allow us to make Dr. Obwaka comfortable because he was in poor health.
We were passed from one person to another, with no clear response (The Investigating Officers and the In-charge). Dr. Obwaka had shared that he had previously undergone heart surgery.
When we had no other option, we called emergency medical services and requested an ambulance. Only then did they allow him to receive medical care.
Imagine receiving medical attention in the parking area of the Judiciary at Milimani Law Courts.
Dr. Obwaka had been unlawfully arrested from his clinic and charged on what were fictitious claims, which were later dismissed.
Daktari rage in the light, and don’t let those who pushed your to poor health rest.!
#RiPDrObwaka
HOW TO READ ANYONE:
1. Status - revealed by their shoes.
2. Discipline - revealed by their nails.
3. Background - revealed by how they sit.
4. Intentions - revealed by their eyes.
5. Personality - revealed by how they laugh.
6. Confidence - revealed by how they walk.
7. Loyalty - revealed by where they look.
8. Intelligence - revealed by how they listen.
9. Maturity - revealed by how they argue.
10. Respect - revealed by how they treat people who can't help them.
Anxiety happens when at some point in your life, you started to betray your core values to fit in, and ended up living in a version of yourself that you subconsciously have been despising yourself.
This is what president Idi Amin once said about Israel::
"I had to chase away Israelis from Uganda because I found out that they were not trustworthy people, Israelis are criminal and wanted to make Uganda bankrupt. Palestine house them as refugees but later turn the country into their own state using weapons from western countries."
The western and Israel demonized this good man, we grew up with western propaganda that he used to eat human beings.🤦
The history of African leaders need to be rewritten.