- Arthur Wachira, who is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Leprosy Prison, explained the circumstances that led him to be thrown into prison
- Wachira was afraid that her boyfriend would leave her if he found out that she had HIV, so she hid her condition
- However, he was prescribed anti-retroviral drugs (ARV) and became discouraged and according to Wachira, things took a different turn, leading to his imprisonment
A Kenyan man who has been serving a 10-year prison sentence has narrated that he hid his AIDS status from his girlfriend because he was worried she would leave him.
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Arthur Wachira, who is serving his sentence in Leprosy Prison, narrated the confusing situation that led him to prison. He will be released in 2027 after completing his sentence.
Speaking to Simon Kibe on his program Njera-ini-Citu (Our Prisons), the man said he did not tell his girlfriend that he was HIV positive, and when he found out he was very disappointed.
“I was a bodaboda driver, as our relationship grew, he moved in with me because of the issues he was facing at home. Our life was peaceful for the first five days, but I did not tell him that I have HIV. I thought he would leave me if he found out,” he said.
“The day he found out, he took my medicine, and he was heartbroken and (allegedly) committed suicide,” he added.
Wachira claimed that he returned from work and found his ARV drugs scattered on the floor after the woman found them. He also claimed that he found her body inside the house.
“I found the house locked from the inside, I looked inside the house and saw his dead body, I took his dead body and threw it in the field, then I surrendered to the police and confessed to killing him, I didn't know. what to do,” he added.
The man insists that, however, he did not kill his girlfriend.
“I know right now if I had called the police when I found the remains, I would not be in prison,” the prisoner said.
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