Detectives are investigating an
incident where a taxi driver was fatally stabbed by a passenger in an
altercation in Kitusuru area, Nairobi.
The incident happened on
Saturday, November 29 dawn and left Kenneth Kimani Gachoka with fatal stab
wounds, police said.
Other drivers said Gachoka had
picked up a passenger from a petrol station in Westlands who
wanted to be dropped off at Chrisco Christian Church in Kitusuru.
Upon reaching the destination,
an altercation broke out between the driver and his passenger.
The deceased driver told his
colleagues before his death that the passenger stabbed him in the neck in the
scuffle.
He managed to escape and called
his colleagues, who rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on
arrival.
Police visited the scene as part
of the probe. The car was moved to the local police station pending other
procedures.
Police moved the body to the
mortuary pending an autopsy and further probe.
The hunt for the suspected killer
is ongoing.
Police visited the petrol
station to review security cameras in an effort to trace the killer.
And a guard was
seriously injured during a robbery incident at a supermarket in Matunda,
Kakamega County.
The guard was
found with his hands tied and with deep cuts on his head. The supermarket he was
guarding was broken into, and assorted goods stolen.
The victim was
rushed to the hospital in serious condition. Police said they recovered four
jerricans of five litres of cooking oil and ten kilos of rice near the scene
after the Saturday morning attack. No arrest has been made so far.
Elsewhere in
Kiserian, Kajiado County, police are investigating an incident where a woman
was robbed of Sh175,000.
The money was
transferred from the woman’s mobile phone, police said.
A gang had
waylaid the woman as she drove to her gate on Friday night before taking her
hostage and her driver.
They then
robbed them of their mobile phones, a laptop and personal items. The car the
two had was found abandoned in a thicket in Mericho area, police said. The hunt
for the suspects is ongoing.
And police are
investigating an incident where a four-wheel drive car belonging to a Member of
Parliament in Kitui county was burnt to ashes in the Athi River area.
The son of the
MP was driving it when it caught fire, police said.
The cause of
the fire was not immediately known. The incident happened on the main
Syokimau-Athi River highway, affecting traffic on Saturday afternoon.
The wreckage
was moved to the local police station pending investigations.
