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Faith Vicky Owuor, a 19-year-old first-year student at JKUAT in Juja, was killed by her boyfriend Marcel Jumanne Dalance, who set her on fire on the bed they shared in Room 105 of Alpha House. Both were 19 and from Kisumu. Her parents had rented the room believing she lived alone, but Dalance,whom she had known since high school had moved in and was staying there every night. Tension grew when her former boyfriend Ahmed, then in Dubai, began texting her again and said he was coming to Nairobi. On the night of 10 July 2014, after a fight, Faith texted her best friend Mildred around 10 p.m.: “Tables zimeturn… Marcel and I are done for good… anataka kuniua.” Those were her last words. Shortly after 1 a.m., smoke poured from the room. Dalance alerted the caretaker and claimed he had left her making tea. Neighbours put out the flames, which were concentrated on the bed, where her body lay burned beyond recognition. Investigators found no signs of an accident: no switched-on kettle, no electrical fault, and the fire had stayed on the bed. Her phone was in Dalance’s pocket. The post-mortem showed severe burns and soot in her airways she had been alive when the fire started. His alibi of being out drinking left several hours unaccounted for, and his story kept changing. After a six-year trial, Justice James Wakiaga convicted him of murder on 11 November 2020, citing the love triangle as the motive. Her mother identified what remained of her body by the gap in her teeth and her height. Faith died in the room her parents had rented for her, on the bed she shared with the man who set her on fire.

Bryson Simiyu at Luton Hospital. Indeed, when God’s time comes, that’s exactly how things turn out. So far, in 24 hours, Kenyans have raised over 6 million for his treatment.