MURDER or SUICIDE? PWC Employee Dies After Fall from 17th Floor

The late Stephen Mumbo and his wife. Worrying details have emerged of Stephen Mumbo who jumped 17 floors to his death last week.

His life reflected that of a man suffering from emotional disturbance and high pressure. Worrying details have emerged of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employee Stephen Mumbo who jumped 17 floors to his death last week. Mumbo had suffered three work-related burn outs in the last two years including one where he fell asleep in the middle of a presentation. It is reported that on the fateful day of his death, Mumbo had left the office at 1:30am and was back at his desk 6:30am.

The employee’s life reflected that of a man suffering from emotional disturbance and high pressure.

He had worked at PwC for 13 years and had such a mental breakdown that he walked out on his boss.

He added that they were treating the matter as a suicide. Photos circulated on-line indicate the plunge was broken before ground zero which would explain why he died in hospital.

Due to work pressure?

According to a relative, they “had plied him with so much work, and he wasn’t the type to decline, so he did it anyway. He was always very well groomed, but always tired”.

His mother died five years ago and had even taken a year’s unpaid leave to mourn her passing.

He was said to be a perfectionist and would rather be late with a client’s report, than bring in a report which had a comma in the wrong place.

Mumbo’s immediate boss George Weru declined to issue a comment insisting that the company had already issued a press statement and held a press conference on the matter last Friday.

Mumbo worked at PWC as the Assistant Manager at the Executory and Forensic Investigations Department.

“It is with great sadness that we confirm that there was a tragic incident at PwC Kenya offices today morning where we lost one of our colleague Stephen Mumbo. Steve fell off 17th floor early this morning. This is an unfortunate incident and a big blow to the PwC family,” the audit firm’s Regional Senior Partner Peter Ngahu Ngahu said in a statement.

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