There was drama in Kondele on Friday afternoon after a Maseno University student set her rented hostel on fire.
The student identified as Mercy set the room which they stay with her boyfriend ablaze, following wrangles with her partner but the neighbors put out the fire.
According to her friend, the boyfriend has been cheating on her with a woman reported to be staying at Milimani estate.
“They have been quarreling for quite some time now. She tells me her boyfriend had ignored her to cheat with an elderly woman. She loves him,” said Leah, Mercy’s friend.
Following the anger, the female student collected a few clothes and used them to set up the fire while threatening to burn herself inside the room. It took the efforts of the neighbors to put out the fire.
Kondele OCS Ben Baraza thanked the residents for putting out the fire early, before it razed down other neighboring buildings.
“Thank you for this humane act. You cannot risk the lives of innocent people because of love affairs. We are going to involve her parents in helping her out,” said Baraza.
The fate of the student was yet to be determined with the landlord set to arrive at the area of residence later on.
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