Kilifi Chief County Officer for Fisheries and Blue Economy Rahab Karisa was stabbed to death on Thursday, July 20, 2023, by her househelp at her Mnarani home.
Karisa’s husband Maxwell Mmera, who goes by the name ‘Mmera Senior’ on Facebook, eulogized his late wife in a touching tribute on social media.
“Baby, mum, wifey, love, friend Amani Rahab 😭😭😭 I don’t know what to think, what to believe, what to imagine, what to care about and what not to – I could let it all flow and allow the depression of it to kick in, and maybe lose out on life (I have lost so much and I am tired), but it matters that I stay sane because of these little ones. I regret letting you take this career move (away from me), 7 months down the line I am coming back to a lifeless, cold and dead you babe 😭. We had plans of your comeback, great projects to achieve and dreams of the future, but now what can I say except cry!!!” Mmera wrote in part in Facebook.
The widower insisted that his wife didn’t deserve the cruel death at the hands of their househelp, lamenting that the deceased’s only mistake was confronting the maid about theft in their home.
“You didn’t deserve it, you that cannot hurt a fly, you didn’t. And your only mistake being, asking a housegirl who has stolen from you while you were away and mentioning to her that the following day you’d take her to the police. The brutal animal instead of just escaping peacfully, wakes up and stabs you while you are sleeping – that was was so painful my love 😭, I am sorry baby I couldn’t protect you. You just jetted in and couldn’t come to me coz of maandamano, you chose a connecting flight only to die same night 😭,” the widower wrote.
Postmortem, birthday
The widower in another post on Saturday, July 22, 2023, revealed the results of his late wife’s postmortem as he posthumously celebrated what would be her 31st birthday.
“22nd July, it’s your 31st birthday love Amani Rahab , and I planned to be in Kilifi today, but equally I am here now mourning instead of celebrating a birthday. So broken love, but on this day I can only pray for perpetual light to shine on you and may you sit on right side of the throne, God reward you for you for your unlimited kindness. Rest mama, rest, I love you wifey 💚,” he wrote.
Mmera said the pathologist’s report revealed that his wife sustained a stab wound 13 cm deep inside her back below the scapula with a v-cut.
The widower further said that his late wife was stabbed in her sleep.
“I got the post mortem results yesterday, that was unsurvivable done by someone who is a murderer- a 13cm deep inside at your back below the scapula with a v-cut (meaning either double stab, or stab and side pull, as per the pathologist), straight in to the artery and part of lungs. You bled out of life on your bed in those ungodly hours, no amount of effort could have saved you babe – you died in sleep but painfully, that was barbaric, you had no chance not to even wake up and fight back, NO 😭. Rest mama REST, just REST my love 😭,” he wrote.
