The news of Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve’s impending return has brought both solemn relief and deep sorrow to his family, friends, and colleagues. The body of Corporal Nzuve is due to arrive in Nairobi on September 26, 2025, having died in a tragic road accident on August 31 along the Kenscoff–Pétion‑Ville road at Pèlerin 9 in Haiti during a recovery operation involving two MaxxPro vehicles.
Since receiving the devastating news, his mother, Serah Nzuve of Mwihoko, Kiambu County, has lived through a limbo of grief—one made heavier by uncertainty and unanswered questions. For weeks she has waited without knowing when her son’s body would be returned, which has made it impossible for the family to make proper burial arrangements. Many friends and well‑wishers have visited, trying to offer comfort, but even those gestures are stretched thin by the prolonged waiting.
In interviews, family members expressed the pain of not being able to lay their loved one to rest, the sense that a part of their heart remains on foreign soil. His eldest daughter, preparing for her national exams, is said to be struggling to concentrate amidst the grief. Serah, who describes Kennedy as her only son, often recalls their many conversations, his hopes for his children, his commitment to service, and how this tragedy was wholly unexpected—he was said to be healthy, dedicated, courageous.
Colleagues at the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti have joined in mourning, holding memorial services and paying tribute to his years of service—first in Kenya, in places like Narok and Baringo with the Rapid Deployment Unit, and finally abroad under very dangerous conditions. While plans have been finalized for repatriation and the National Police Service has pledged full honours, the family’s grief is not assuaged just by protocol—it is the tangible loss of a son, a friend, a colleague that weighs heaviest.
As the day of arrival draws near, there is anxiousness—about the journey of the remains, about whether all will go smoothly, and about the moment when a mother will finally hold her son in her arms, even if only in a coffin. The sadness of standing without closure has been lingering; but there is also a desire among those who love him to gather, to remember, to honour the life of Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve, who gave his life while serving far from home.
