Omar Lali was always frantic whenever anyone came close to his girlfriend Tecra, including her family

Eric Cheruiyot, who was Tecra’s driver and assistant, said he saw it all from the time the relationship started in Lamu.

He witnessed it evolve into an adventure as they visited various scenic sites and hotels in Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar before it ended with the tragic fall in Lamu that caused her death in a Nairobi hospital.

Cheruiyot said that Omar was always agitated whenever anyone came close to Tecra during their relationship which lasted for about 10 months.

A post-mortem exam showed that she died of injuries consistent with a fall.

“At one point when I accompanied them to a party in Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, he became unruly and claimed that we had hatched a plan to snatch Tecra from him.

“He even threatened that he would do something very bad to me,” Cheruiyot said.

Cheruiyot said he came to learn of the relationship in July 2019 when Tecra travelled to Lamu and instructed him to be sending her money through Omar’s mobile phone line.

According to Cheruiyot, Omar would, however, not tell Tecra whenever he received the money and she used to complain that she wasn’t receiving the cash.

“I used to receive the money from Tecra’s mother and send it to her through Omar’s number because she didn’t have an mobile money account.

“She would complain that she didn’t receive the money but when I called to explain, it is Omar who always answered her phone,” said Cheruiyot.

He testified that after Tecra’s stay in Lamu, she left with Omar in August 2019 for Naivasha.

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