A 29-year-old Kenyan man killed himself hours after posting a heartrending suicide note on Facebook.
Many who commented on his post thought he was joking, but it is clear Gerald Mwangi was suffering from depression before he decided to take away his own life.
Mwangi, a photographer and actor who hailed from Ngano village in Ol Jooro Orok, Nyandarua, made a post on his Facebook account at 8:43pm last Wednesday, informing his friends that he was about to end his life.
“I think my time in this world is over. I have been through enough but I am done. For those who know me well msikose kukam kunizika iwapo mwili wangu utapatikana. Niliwapenda nyote lakini Mungu akanipenda zaidi. (For those who know me well, don’t fail to attend my burial if my body will ever be found. I love you all but God loved me more) R.I.P. GERALD MWANGI NGIMA,” he wrote.
His post attracted hundreds of comments, with a majority asking him to go ahead with the plan, oblivious of what he was going through. Friends and relatives close to Mwangi described him as cheerful and talkative.
“I schooled with him at Ngano Secondary School in Nyandarua County, and I have known him as a jovial man all his life. He was very talkative and funny. He always left teachers in amusement,” said Mr Macharia Kamau,a friend.
A friend, Monnique Mallens, said Mwangi stayed online for close to five hours after posting the suicide note, probably reading comments from his “friends” before his phone went off.
“He posted and switched off his phone. We looked for him everywhere and since it was at night, we decided to search for him the following day, when we heard that his lifeless body had been found in Kinoo,” she said. “I used to act with him, and he was a close friend. He was so talented,” Ms Mallens.
“I took his post as a joke because he was always a joker when we were in secondary school. In school, he could come to class and pretend that he had been sent by a teacher to give us class work,” said Mr Kamau, his former schoolmate.
“When I saw his Facebook post, I went ahead and cautioned him against joking with death. I was shocked to learn that his body had been found the following day,” added Mr Kamau.
Mercy Muthoni, a neighbor said: “He was an actor and a joker, and no one could take him serious when he announced that he was contemplating committing suicide.”
Not to blame or point a…
Not to blame or point a finger on any plausible cause, our society back home he failed and continues to fail. Shipping doctors from Cuba will not adddresa such medical and mental health issues..I had previously posted back my research work addressing homeless, alcoholism, sex commercial work and suicide.. I am in midst of looking for funding that will start leading a dialogue in the US and hop fully Kenya…such Demise if a young soul is preventable and I ache and tear when folks just don’t have an avenue to get this cry for help..
Are you the same Maina who…
Are you the same Maina who was ferrying passangers in an uninsured boat at Lake Naivasha some years ago?
To all Christians or…
To all Christians or Religious people: This is why (as a Christian) I have Refused to Forgive people Unecessarily (especially those who would Wish you Problems or even Death). Instead I choose Anger when it’s time for Deserving anger; GODLY Anger (Ephesians 4:26). Case in Point: Instead of being Mr/Ms Nice all the Time, we also Need to be Angry and even NASTY at our Offenders or Users when GODLY Anger comes calling (the Seal of God). And this is called EMOTIVE Therapy. So let’s us STOP pretending to be OK when in Real sense we’re Going down in Anger, Stress, Frustration, and worst of All: Depression. Thi na Wega Mundu wa Nyumba. RIP
Can you write a clearer…
Can you write a clearer message. What are you talking about here? Ur message is very convoluted.
This guy could have been…
This guy could have been Harboring Anger or Betrayal by Close Friends and Maybe Relatives. Anyway: Try Reading the Bible Book of Ephesians Chapter 4:26. My point: BottleBecking (or Bottle-Topping) anger is Not Good. Venting Anger (without Offending i.e without Sinning) is Necessary lest it gets to a SUICIDAL Point like this.
@kibogoyo- tiga kubogoya…
@kibogoyo- tiga kubogoya thikagiriria rimwe na rimwe
We need to get united especially now in the US
Ephesians 4
Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6and one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all
Mheshimiwa Guest1:
I did not…
Mheshimiwa Guest1:
I did not know that you are a Jew! Only a Jew can be a Christian because the Son of Mariam – Yeshua/Jesus was a Jew. Only an Arab can be a Muslim. Why? Mohammed the Son of Aisha was an Arab.
Only an Indian can be a Hindu! Religion, language, and culture are inseparable.
The only academic discipline that is universal is “Science.”
So, the grandeur, the beauty…
So, the grandeur, the beauty, the incredible engineering feat that holds the universe together, even life as we know it, all came from science??? Really? There’s a master Creator who created this universe PLUS the rules of science that govern it! He’s both an Architect, a Builder, a Programmer (and much much more) who left a physical universe & a perfect software (scientific truths) to run it forever. Do not dismiss God.
All those achievements you…
All those achievements you mention we creator by one creator?.Is he still creating,what is he doing now?
Mheshimiwa Mlachake:
What I…
Mheshimiwa Mlachake:
What I have written in the past on this salient issue is as follows:
1. What people call “god” is what I refer to as “THE CREATOR.” The word god to me is an extension of the peoples’ culture and differs from one community to another one.
2. The Jewish “god” promises them to settle in a land already occupied by the Palestinians. This is the kind of god I cannot tolerate. This same god wants to be loved and worshiped and failure to do that, you go to “hell’ after death and burn forever! This god gets mad and kills even children in a flood but tells people that “Thou shall not kill.” The Jewish god discriminates. In what way? Their god chooses them above all other people on earth. Their god is like the American terrorist organization known as the KKK and the Neo-Nazi. These two organization strongly believe that they are superior to any other group of people on earth simply because of their skin color. Their god discriminates.
3. Another term that I have used to describe the force behind all creations is D. C.A.P. D stands for Designer, C stands for Creator, A for And P stand for Programmer.
4. I am not a follower of any man-made religion. I believe in being a lifetime student and continue learning the “scientific approach to knowledge – research” and adjusting my current information according to the latest information on a particular topic.
5. The D. CAP equipped every creation with the brain. What you do with your brain can affect the direction that your life will be.
6. “Prayers” are an insult to the D. CAP. Why? prayers belong to the department of “superstition.” Instead of praying, tackle the issue confronting you by using the gift of creation that D. CAP gave us simply known as the “mighty brain.”