A Kenyan Catholic priest, Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku, has been confirmed dead shortly after his alleged girlfriend found him unresponsive in a hotel room they shared overnight.
The lady reportedly rushed him to a hospital for medical attention but it was to no avail.
The priest was the former parish priest for St. Peter’s Church in Ruai, Murang’a County in Kenya.
He reportedly checked into the hotel with his alleged girlfriend on Friday night.
In the morning, around 8 am, his alleged girlfriend believed to be aged 32 realised he was not responding and called the attention of hotel staff.
With the help of the staff, Fr. Wanjiku, aged 43, was rushed to the Kenol Hospital which was the closest hospital to the hotel.
He was wrapped in a hotel cloth with foam coming out of his mouth and nose.
The priest was pronounced dead on arrival.
A source posted: “One Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku a k/m/a aged 43yrs old, a Catholic priest at Archdiocese of Nairobi and a farmer at Mangu area checked in at the said hotel together with his girlfriend who also happens to be (his) colleague at the workplace in Ruai,”
Around 8 am on Saturday, the lady is said to have notified the hotel’s management that Kariuki was getting dizzy and unconscious, which prompted a visit to a nearby hospital.
They then rushed him to Kenol hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival while still aboard his motor vehicle Toyota Harrier black in colour,” the police report said.
The Kenyan police have announced that they have also commenced an investigation into the cause of death.
