Brenda Kawira Death: Secret Diary Claims Toxic Relationship With DJ Dela

The family of the late Brenda Kawira, a 29-year-old woman who jumped to her death from the fourth floor of her apartment in Kasarani, Nairobi stated that she left behind a diary depicting the details of her relationship with her 30-year-old boyfriend, John Marvin Kiretai, alias DJ Dela.

The diary which was on Wednesday, March 22 seized as evidence by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had indicated that the late Kawira had reportedly “poured her feelings about the violent nature of the relationship, infidelity, and expressed regret for ever meeting him.”

At the time of her demise, after she allegedly jumped off the fourth-floor balcony of an apartment building in Ngumba Estate, Kasarani, on February 22, 2023, she was in the house with DJ Dela, who initially revealed that he and Kawira had moved to the bedroom at around 11.30 pm where her mood changed.

She left the room and went to the balcony, and it was at this point that the DJ heard a loud thud, which prompted him to check the sitting room, kitchen and the other rooms in the house to find out where Kawira was.

He told police that he then decided to look for her on the balcony only to be shocked to see her on the ground floor. He rushed to the ground floor and sought neighbours for help, afterwhich the woman was rushed to Uzima Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police who visited the hospital found Kawira dead with visible injuries. According to the police, the deceased had bruises on her right thigh, her neck, left cheek and lower limb, with a subsequent autopsy report revealing that the cause of death was internal bleeding.

However, Kawira's family dismissed the initial suicide claims and together with her friends, claimed that DJ Dela should be arrested for her death, believing that he should be investigated further while alleging that he was the last person to see her alive.

They disputed the police's conclusion that Kawira committed suicide, alleging that DJ Dela’s clothes, the door handle, walls, and the mat were all bloody and that the balcony window was broken.

“The DJ has given contradicting accounts so far on what transpired and he should be arrested as he is the last person who saw Brenda alive," a statement released by the deceased's friends read, which also questioned the nature of the injuries she sustained as recorded in the police report.

Kawira, a medical biochemist, was excited about her upcoming departure to Australia for her Master’s program in June 2023. Born on Jan 3, 1994, in a family of a Catholic priest, Peter Gitonga and Mama Catherine Gakii, Kawira had three brothers and two sisters.