Two form three girls from Ngarariga girls secondary in Limuru who went missing one month ago have been found in Malindi.
The two Maria Waithera and Purity Wanjiru were allegedly ‘rescued’ by boys and offered a place to stay in Maweni slums after the person who had promised them jobs disappeared.
They are being profiled by DCIO officers on the circumstances which led to their escape from school and travel to Malindi without informing their parents.
Malindi OCPD Matawa Muchangi confirmed that the girls were at the Police station and promised to give a briefing later in the afternoon.
“It’s true the girls have been found we are profiling them to know how they came to Malindi,’’ he said.
Two women who rescued them and reported to the police said the girls were staying in Maweni in the outskirts of Malindi town.
Florence Tatu Kazungu, a single mother of two told journalists that they reported to the police after watching news of the missing girls last evening.
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Speaking in Malindi, Tatu said they have been seeing the girls for the last one month and never knew they had escaped from their home.
“As a parent, I was touched by the news and begun searching for them, surprisingly when we questioned them they said they were sorry for the mistake they did,’’ she said.
Beatrice Rehema Tuva, a mother of three said they suspect the girls were promised jobs when they come to the tourist resort town.
“When they reached here it’s like the person who invited them could not be reached as his phone was off,’’ she said.
Cases of girls going missing under nuclear circumstances have been on the rise.
On Tuesday mothers of the two girls parents appealed to their daughters to come back home.
They said they have forgiven them of any wrongdoing that could have made them run away.