A young man identified as Wahome Simon Gatitu has sadly died in Russia, and his family is now asking for help to return his body home for burial. Wahome Simon Gatitu, who used to work in Qatar. The Kenya Diaspora Media reports that Wahome Simon Gatitu left Kenya to work as a security guard in Qatar. At the time, he was just a young father determined to provide a better life for his wife and three children.Just as with many Kenyans in the diaspora, his journey was driven by hope, sacrifice, and the promise of opportunity, but a conversation with a friend in Qatar changed things for the worse. According to his family, the friend connected him to what was described as a well-paying delivery job opportunity in Russia. “He was told the environment was good, pay was better, and after six months, he would even qualify for Russian citizenship. It sounded like a breakthrough; he shared the good news with his family back home, optimistic about this new chapter. But upon arrival in Russia, everything changed,” said his family. Wahome Gatitu, the man who was duped.
What was Wahome’s last message to mum? “Instead of delivery work, Wahome and others were issued military uniforms and guns. They were taken through military training, and it became painfully clear that the job they had been promised did not exist; they were being prepared for deployment to the war front,” the family added. In his last call to his mother, Wahome said the work had become too difficult; he told her they were being taken to the war zone, and that was the last time his family heard his voice. “Today, his young wife is faced with an unbearable reality, explaining to their three children why their father will never come home. The children continue asking her to call him, unaware that the call will never be answered,” said his family. The family is now appealing for support to repatriate his body to Kenya for a dignified burial.
