Prodigal father: Kirinyaga man, 83, ​​reunites with family after selling property, fleeing in 1973

Wilson Numbi Miatu left his home in Kiamaciri village in Mwea-west Sub-county at the age of 34 after selling his father 's property at Kiamaciri village and Kagio town.

The husband of two wives, Mary Numbi and Milka Numbi, had sired 10 children when he left home.

According to his son, Paul Murimi, who was only three years old when his father went missing, they found him in Mpeketoni, Lamu county in a local  hospital after his photo was circulated on social media by health workers.

“I think my father thought he would die after spending money when he sold grandfather's property,” Murimi told Citizen Digital.

Mzee Miatu had reportedly been taken to the hospital by a good samaritan and had told doctors that his family lives in Kirinyaga.

“We feared that he might not be alive and gave up on searching for him as a family. He is a prodigal father, but we are happy to have found him and have forgiven him,” he added.

Sickly Miatu is now staying with his wife Mary and his eldest daughter at Njegas village as his  children, grandchildren and relatives pay him reunion visits.