Singer Brown Mauzo has spoken out following the heartbreaking death of 32-year-old Mercy Wachinga Maina, who was found dead inside her Nairobi apartment in Lavington a month after neighbors last saw her.

Mercy had lived at Forhome Court for nearly two years. Neighbors remembered her as a quiet, kind and private woman who loved music and often spent time on her balcony.

Her final days, however, would leave behind questions, grief and a painful reminder of how easily someone can suffer in silence.

She was reportedly last seen around August 10, after speaking with her mother and appearing well. Neighbours also recalled seeing her in good spirits, even giving money to children in the neighbourhood.

Weeks later, concerns were raised after a strong smell came from her locked apartment. Police were contacted, and on September 3, authorities entered the house. It is suspected that she died by suicide.

Mercy was found on her bed. A charcoal stove and three locked mobile phones were reportedly recovered from the bedroom. She had also left a detailed note outlining how she wanted some of her belongings distributed and expressing her final wishes, including that she be cremated and that there be no eulogy.

Her story has left many asking a painful question: How can someone be gone for weeks while living among us?

Reacting to the tragedy, Brown Mauzo urged people to stop waiting for funerals to show love.

Check on your friends. Call your family. Visit that person who has gone quiet. Ask someone if they are truly okay and mean it.

Give people their flowers while they are still alive.

Because sometimes, the person who seems fine is fighting a battle nobody can see.

Don’t wait until it’s too late.