Missing children crisis: Nairobi mum worried as 5-year-old son disappears for 41 days

• Joyce Nduta is a mother in distress after her five-year-old child, Luther Mwangi, went missing under unknown circumstances on Wednesday, April 15
• The mother has been sharing posters in the streets and regularly posting on her TikTok account about the disappearance of her son
• The Nairobi mother has now clocked over 40 days of posting on her social media platforms as she desperately searches for her child, who has autism

Kenyans are calling for heightened security following the increasing number of cases of missing children under unclear circumstances.

A woman from Dandora Phase 4, Nairobi county, is among the affected parents living in fear after the disappearance of her child.

Joyce Nduta’s life has changed dramatically following the mysterious disappearance of her five-year-old son, Luther Mwangi.

When did Luther Mwangi go missing?

For over 40 days, the worried mother has been moving around searching for her young son.

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“I have been putting up posters in the streets, hoping they will help me find my missing son. It has been difficult. The child is under treatment. I do not even want to imagine what could happen to him,” she said in one of her TikTok videos.

The young mum has been posting regularly and consistently on her TikTok account about her son, hoping against hope that she will soon reunite with him.

Mwangi was last seen on Wednesday, April 15, near Baptist Church and was wearing a yellow T-shirt and black trousers.

Joyce Nduta reports to Dandora Police Station

“Please help baby Luther come home. A share would help,” one of her TikTok video captions read alongside a photo of her son.

Nduta reported the disappearance to Dandora Police Station, but so far there have been no updates or leads.

She has appealed to the public to help locate her son and reunite with him as each passing day becomes more difficult.

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Social media users swarmed the comment section to offer words of encouragement to the distressed mother as they hoped Mwangi would be found.

Kenyans encourage Joyce Nduta

Many also dismissed earlier reports claiming he had been found and sought clarification on the status of the missing son.

Mis_Njerii:

“I don’t even know you, and you don’t know me either, but I keep posting this on my WhatsApp every now and then.”

pretty shaa:

“May Allah protect him wherever he is and keep him safe. Ya Allah, bring him back to his family.”

MissNjoroge:

“Please make a real update saying he has not been found yet because I thought the one saying he was found was real. We’d like to keep reposting.”

Britney_lari:

“May Allah guide him back into his mother’s hands, protect him from harm, and keep him safe and alive. Amen.”

Lilly Anathe:

“We will continue sharing. There was a post saying he had been found and we celebrated, until I learned he was still missing. I had to find your real page for clarification. All will be well. Tuko pamoja.”

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asha sarah:

“I took a screenshot, I hope I’m not crossing any boundaries. I just wanted a reference photo and to stay on the lookout. May the Lord Almighty protect him and bring him back home.”

Embu mum looking for two sons

In another story, Riziki Diana Asha had not seen her children, Ryan Louis Mutugi and Dylan Luwi Mwenda, for several months after they left with their father.

She had neither heard from them nor seen them and appealed to the public and the government to help locate them.

The two brothers were last seen in the company of their father, who had returned to Kenya from Qatar, where he had been working.

Source: NGBREAKINGNEWS