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Youth PS Murugu dies in Nairobi
Youth and Sports PS Murugu Kinuthia. Photo/FILE
Posted Thursday, July 9 2009 at 07:53
In Summary
- Mr Murugu was shot by thugs during a carjacking incident on June 19 at Nairobi's Kilimani neighbourhood.
- His body has been removed to the Lee Funeral Home.
- PM mourns Mr Murugu describing him as a friend and servant to the youth.
Of late, prominent personalities have been on victims of crime.
In the last one month only, Prime Minister Raila Odinga' s private office was broken into and thieves made away with four computers and a gas cylinder.
The burglars are reported to have broken into the Jaramogi Odinga Foundation offices off Kiambere Road in Nairobi’s Upper Hill.
An Assistant minister Mr William Cheptumo and his family was terrorised by a five-man gang for over 40 minutes at his Nairobi home on Sunday evening.
He is an assistant minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs.
The Baringo North MP was in his Rubia Estate house in Lang’ata around 7pm when the five young men stormed in and ordered him, his wife and children to lie on the floor.
The gangsters frisked their pockets and robbed them of money and mobile phones and then ransacked the house for money and other valuables.
The gangsters then packed television sets, radios, DVD players and other household items into the assistant minister’s Toyota Prado vehicle and drove away. The vehicle was later found abandoned.
Khwisero MP Evans Akula was carjacked by thugs whom he later described as "young boys with guns," and then forced to drive a stolen car with its owner locked in the boot. He was roughed up by the gang, who also withdrew money from his account using his ATM.
The MP had left his home in Nairobi’s Westlands area at 10.30pm in early June to drop off his constituency office manager and a few other visitors at the shopping centre.
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Submitted by lucasmmPosted July 10, 2009 06:03 PM
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Submitted by knjami
Now where are these human right groups who have been accusing the Government when it comes down hard on criminals. A young PS is dead and if the Gava give the shoot to kill order of the gangsters, some NGOs who survive on handouts from the west will scream blue murder. What do they have to say now? None have called a press conference so far. What a shame!!
Posted July 10, 2009 04:42 PM -
Submitted by mapesa
To all the gun-wielding Kenyans out there who are reading this note: IT IS POSSIBLE TO CHANGE AND LIVE A CLEAN LIFE. I am praying for you.
Posted July 10, 2009 04:05 PM -
Submitted by yesuwangu
let the poice backdown if it cannot handle crime in the city.what does the police luck.why are they paid ? yet people are dying daily under criminals.Saitoti is only talkative but actionless.the more they talk the more thugs strike.Nairobi is tired of these and we are now talking with the NGOS to perform a CIty match for luck of security.we will dicide if we wanainchi should form a our own private secuirity armed force in the cities of Kenya.
Posted July 10, 2009 09:31 AM -
Submitted by coldcase
Gangsters and Mungiki have become bolder and more ruthless because they have Maina Kiai, Githongo and Prof. Aniston on their side. With such brilliant activists lobbying to protect gangsters from being arrested or assaulted by the police, it's a criminal's heaven in Kenya.
Posted July 10, 2009 07:38 AM
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Robbers will succumb to their lusts but cannot steal the goodness of the righteous, RIP Murungu