Video: Njoki Murira breaks down after finding out her US sponsor died in 2024
This story has significance for readers across Kenya and beyond.
- Njoki Murira was going through her 2023 diary when she came across the full name of a man she had been searching for since 2024
- The Kenyan TikToker had lost touch with her US-based friend and supporter after September, and spent months trying to track him down through social media
- Njoki broke down in tears on camera after a Google search revealed what had happened to the man she described as her 'destiny helper'
Kenyan TikToker Njoki Murira left her followers shaken after posting an emotional nearly three-minute video in which she broke down in tears, revealing a heartbreaking discovery she had made while flipping through an old diary.
Filming from her bedroom, dressed in a black t-shirt with her braids pulled up in a bun, Njoki began the video calmly, going through her 2023 diary to review old goals. She had a habit of writing down the names of anyone who helped her, and it was that habit that led to the gut-wrenching moment.
The search that lasted over a year
Njoki explained that she had been trying to locate a man she described as her "destiny helper" for well over a year.
The two had spoken regularly, and she said he was someone who came through for her consistently.
Their last conversation was in September, after which he went completely silent across all platforms, including Snapchat, WhatsApp and TikTok.
"I tried contacting him and his number is not going through anymore and I saw on his social media, like TikTok, he was not posting anymore," she said.
She had lost her old phone, taking with it any contact details she had for him. All she retained were old chat logs on Snapchat and TikTok, and only his first and last name from memory.
Without his middle name, her efforts to track him down through mutual friends in the United States hit a dead end.
How did she find our he's dead?
When she opened the 2023 diary and spotted his full middle name written in her own handwriting, she searched his name on Google.
In the United States, she noted, obituary information is often publicly available online.
What came up stopped her cold. He had passed away in December 2024 or January 2025.
By this point in the video, Njoki was visibly struggling to hold herself together, wiping her eyes with a tissue and apologising to her viewers for crying on camera.
She described him as more than just someone who supported her financially. He had been a confidant, someone who spoke to her every day and trusted her with things he could not share with anyone else.
He had even cried to her once, telling her that men carry a great deal but rarely open up.
"I used to text him: are you okay? It has been two months. It has been five months. It has been one year. Are you okay?" she recalled.
What made the loss even harder to process was the distance. Njoki said she is in Africa and has no way of visiting his grave.
He had also confided in her that his family had disowned him, meaning she could not even reach out to relatives.
"If God helps me one day, I visit you and bring you flowers because you told me that your family disowned you," she said through tears before ending the video.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
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