Questions As Nairobi Woman Dies Mysteriously After Admission to Chiromo Rehabilitation Centre

A disturbing sequence of events has sparked public outrage and calls for justice after Dr. Susan Kamengere, a Nairobi-based psychologist, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate, died under mysterious circumstances just hours after being forcibly admitted to Chiromo Rehabilitation Centre.

Her last act before being taken away was posting a distress message on Facebook one that vanished shortly after publication and before her death was confirmed.

Dr. Kamengere, popularly known as Dr. Susan Toto, was the founder and CEO of Toto Touch, a wellness company dedicated to mental health empowerment.

She had publicly shared her struggles with bipolar disorder and was widely respected for her resilience and advocacy.

But it is the haunting final message she left behind that has ignited suspicion, grief, and a national debate about patient rights, consent, and potential abuse in mental health facilities.

In her final Facebook post which was later deleted, Susan recounted a terrifying ordeal: a team of four medical personnel, two men and two women, allegedly entered her home without warning, forced her down, and injected her in both gluteal muscles without her consent.

She identified two men by name Joshua and Francis and two women, Maureen and Mary, whom she said administered the injections.

She claimed the team said they were sent by her psychiatrist, Dr. Onyancha, and that the intervention was authorized by a man she identified as Alois, allegedly her former partner.

“I was pinned down…and injected. Every patient has a right. This is wrong!” she wrote in anguish.

The Facebook post, shared at 6:30 p.m., conveyed desperation and fear.

“My children are home after school and found their mother gone in a white car,” she wrote.

She questioned why her right to grieve following the recent loss of her mother was interpreted as a medical emergency, and condemned what she saw as a misuse of psychiatric authority.

Hours later, she was dead.

The now-deceased psychologist had an interview scheduled with an international organization the following day an opportunity she expressed excitement about in her final note.

She also described a past job offer in Seattle, USA, which she had to decline due to a prior forced hospital admission.

In her message, she voiced concern over how grieving women are treated.

“Why do social media influencers get to cry and express pain online and no one sends doctors to them?” she asked, adding, “I say NO to injustices against those who get oppressed due to two misinformed humans.”

The events surrounding Dr. Kamengere’s death raise urgent questions: Was the forced medical intervention legally sanctioned? Did she pose a danger to herself or others that would justify involuntary admission? Were less coercive interventions explored? Who signed the admission documents—and was her next of kin consulted?

Even more troubling is the role of Chiromo Rehabilitation Centre, a facility already known for previous allegations of unethical practices.

If her claims are accurate, the forced medication, removal, and silencing of her communication channels constitute severe human rights violations.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), the Ministry of Health, and law enforcement agencies are now under pressure to launch an independent investigation.

Dr. Kamengere’s letter underscores a larger problem in Kenya’s mental health system: the tendency to pathologize grief, particularly among women, and treat emotional expression as instability requiring forceful correction. Her death is a grim reminder of the fine line between care and control, treatment and abuse.

She ends her message with a call to action: “Spread this for me. Share till it’s viral… Every individual, regardless of their health status, deserves to be treated with respect, compassion, and within the bounds of the law.”

As tributes pour in from across the country from colleagues, clients, and mental health advocates, a growing online movement is demanding answers under the hashtag #JusticeForDrSusan.

“We cannot normalize this,” wrote Muthoni wa Kirumba, a close friend and media personality who first shared Susan’s final message. “We need to know the truth. We owe her that much.”

Dr. Susan Kamengere spent much of her life helping others through their darkest times. That her own pain ended in such violent mystery is a national tragedy. But if her final message leads to accountability and reform, perhaps her voice silenced too soon will echo even louder in death than it did in life.