Bomet twins separated at birth reunite after 43 years
By David Nthua, September 17, 2025A family in Bomet County, on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, was overcome with emotions as their children reunited after 43 long years of separation.
Speaking to the media, the couple, Alice Chepsengeny and Julius Chepsengeny, narrated how, for over four decades, they lived in silent grief, holding on to one child while being told that the other had died at birth.
Family’s pain turns into joy
“I was given a girl whom we named Anna Chebet, but I was told her twin brother had already died and been buried.
“I was never shown the body,” Ms Chepsengeny recalled, her voice trembling. “Deep inside, I knew my baby was not dead; he had been stolen.”
With that single announcement, their lives changed forever. What should have been the joy of twins turned into decades of unanswered questions, sleepless nights, and endless prayers.
Reunion that healed old wounds
This week, the Chepsengeny family was finally reunited with their son, Enock Kigen, in a tearful homecoming witnessed by neighbours and relatives in Mabora village, Bomet County.
Villagers thronged the homestead, singing hymns and ululating as the long-lost son embraced his parents and twin sister.
Tears streamed down faces as the family prayed together, a reunion many described as nothing short of a miracle.
For Kigen, who grew up under the care of a woman in Kericho County, the discovery was both painful and healing.
“I had been searching for answers all my life. My prayer was to one day find my real parents. Today, that prayer has been answered,” he said.
The years had not been kind. After learning he had been adopted, Kigen struggled with rejection, dropped out of school, and even lived on the streets of Nakuru.
Yet through hardship, he held on to the hope of finding his roots.
His sister, Anna Chebet, wept as she finally sat next to the brother she had been told was gone forever.
“I watched my parents carry pain all my life. But now, after 43 years, God has healed us. This is an answered prayer.”
The reunion is not just about one family’s joy; it has touched countless others.
Across Kenya, parents who lost babies in hospitals, families whose children vanished mysteriously, and relatives who never stopped searching can see themselves in the Chepsengenys’ story.