Detectives from the office of DCI George Kinoti have established roots of Violet Kemunto, the woman who has been linked to deadly DusitD2 terror attack that left 21 people dead last week.
Already, Kemunto's whereabouts remain a top secret which is yet to be established by the police. She reportedly vanished to Somalia and police sources claim her luggage was intercepted at Mandera where she was supposed to pick it last week on Wednesday.
According to close relatives, Violet Kemunto Omwoyo and her four siblings converted to Islam after their mother Margaret married a Muslim man.
Her marriage to Kemunto’s biological father, Zablon Kirioba, ended owing to his drinking problems.Kirioba drove a tour van and died after a short illness in 2015.
It is in 2015 that Kemunto, in the company of her sisters, who wore Buibui, a relative claimed, was seen at their father's burial in Nyamache Sub County, Kisii.
“The dad’s drinking was pretty bad and their life didn’t go well with Margaret. He was also always traveling and she didn’t like that lifestyle,” said a relative.
"The family didn’t have much connection with people at home after they converted to Islam, but at least Kemunto and one of her sisters would try and reconnect,” she said.
The relative said that after completing her university studies, Kemunto went to live in Thika and that is where she probably met Ali Salim Gichunge, the man believed to have been killed by the police and who is said to have been her husband.
According to the relative, Kemunto's three sisters and a brother live in the US while the mother runs errands at Ruai. The mother's Muslim husband is also said to have died some years ago.
While attending at her father's funeral, Kemunto is said to have to them that there are 'many benefits of converting to Islam' even though she didn't explain further.
One of her sisters claimed that she cut links with the family in 2016 and only resurfaced in 2018 when she announced her marriage with Gichunge.