Tragic End For Young Kenyan Forbes List Millionaire in Village Suicide Shock

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His shrewdness and courage earned him a spot in the coveted Forbes List of 2013 where he was named among the Top 30 under 30 Africans.

This is the story of Kimiti Wanjaria, a promising young man who dared to dream, but along the way, he was overwhelmed by challenges and decided to take his own life.

Born to a rich family, Wanjaria’s parents – Christopher Kimiti and Josephine Wanjaria – mentored him to become an entrepreneur in his early years. Josephine is the sister of Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua.

After completing his secondary school education and still a teenager, his parents entrusted him with the running of their learning institutions, Jossy Schools, as the Managing Director.

At the age of 21, he wanted to become independent and began looking for opportunities to help him navigate his own cause.

The ambitious young man opted to go for evening classes to study for a degree in ICT so that during the day he could have time to do whatever he wanted.

The urge to succeed in life pushed him to partner with two friends and try their luck in real estate. They opened Serene Valley Properties.

Their first assignment was acquiring a four-acre piece of land on Waiyaki Way, Nairobi. Here, they had big dreams of putting up contemporary houses for the middle-class but did not have money for the project.

The trio pitched its idea with different banks for financing, but the institutions were reluctant to lend them the millions required, chiefly because they were young with little experience in the dynamic real estate sector.

But where there s a will there is a way. Finally, a lender decided to partner with them and pumped in Ksh350 million.

The project started and even potential buyers showed huge interest.

During his funeral last week, his parents confessed that after getting the facility to build houses, their son changed his lifestyle. He was living on the fast lane.

“We remained friends, but differed on a lot of things. For instance, he would tell his father and I that even though we did not believe in drinking and going to parties, we would not stop him,” Josephine recalled.

Back to his journey in real estate. The whole idea of turning the millions of shillings they borrowed into billions ran into headwinds after their main developer suddenly died.

The project stalled for some time and investors and the lender started demanding their money.

They struggled before roaring back in 2019.

However, their joy was short-lived after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Kenya in March 2020. Just like many other sectors, the business was hurt.

“His business was hit hard and he sank to the lowest. In November 2020, he came back home to Tigoni and told his mum that he wanted to reflect on his life as he planned to get back up,” a friend explained.

Depression led him to alcoholism and his life was never the same again.

Recently, he said enough is enough and committed suicide.

His parents revealed that he first became a born-again Christian.

Though heartbroken, Josephine and Christopher, said they would not ask God any questions.

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