Nairobi, Jan. 26 -- Joyce Wanjiku Kairu was with her friends enjoying the 2010 Fifa Men's World Cup match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, when a certain voice spoke to her mind: "Wanjiku, you can afford to travel all the way to South Africa to watch football at midnight, yet your mother was sick and you were never there for her?"

Her mother - Purity Wanjiru Kairu - had died on June 3 the same year of colon cancer and after the burial, Joyce returned to South Africa, where she worked as a project manager for a number of corporate financial institutions.

She led a flamboyant life, drove some of the world's expensive cars and crisscrossed the world frequently on work assignments.

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