Samuel Wanjirus mother testifies in inquest on sons death

An inquest into the cause of death of former 10,000 metres marathon champion the late Samuel Kamau Wanjiru has resumed.

The trial resumed on Monday with his mother being the first to take the witness stand seven years after her son’s demise.

An emotional Ms Hannah Wanjiru told to the court that she was called by her nephew on the night of the incident and told that Samuel Wanjiru was bedridden at the Nyahururu General Hospital. Later that night she was informed at about 2PM that her son had passed away.

On learning of his demise, Ms Wanjiru went to his home in Muthaiga, Nyahururu Town the following morning in the company of her friends where she saw a bloodstained table.

The deceased’s mother then went to the mortuary where she viewed her son’s body.

She told the court that the body had a serious injury that was still bleeding, adding that the head was swollen and disfigured.

“I concluded that my son was killed after viewing his body”, said an emotional Hannah Wanjiru.

In her testimony, she said that Triza Njeri, Wanjiru’s wife, who she found at the mortuary, told her that she had found Samuel in the bedroom with another woman and locked the door, but he decided to jump off the balcony which is some 40 feet high.

“Triza Njeri had secretly moved to Ngong on February of 2011 without telling me until May 2011 when I heard that she had come back”, testified the deceased’s mother.

Wanjiru died on 15th may 2011 under unclear circumstances.