Kirinyaga: Businessman Shot Dead By Gunmen In Police Uniform Few Metres To His Home

• Francis Mwangi Gachui, a businessman in Mwea, was heading home with his wife and two employees when the gunmen accosted them
• The gunmen shot Mwangi three times, but they did not steal anything from the prominent businessman
• Before he died, Mwangi informed the residents that one of the gunmen was wearing a police uniform

Mwea, Kirinyaga county- Police have launched investigations after a prominent businessman man was shot dead by unknown gunmen.

Francis Mwangi Gachui, who operates a wholesale shop in Ngurubani town, was shot three times 50 metres from his homestead, Citizen Digital reported.

According to Mwea-East sub-county police commander James Mutua, the 50-year-old businessman was heading home with his wife and two workers in a saloon car when the gunmen attacked him.

What police said about Francis Mwangi's shooting

The police boss explained that Gachui died while being rushed to Kerugoya Referral Hospital for treatment of the gunshot wounds.

Residents who responded to the sounds of the gunshots revealed that the businessman informed them that the attackers were two, and one of them was in a police uniform.

'We responded to the gunshots, but before he died, he told us they were two people, one of them was in a police uniform," Samuel Kiama, a resident said.

While eulogizing the deceased as a good person, the resident suspect the killing was as a result of business rivalry as nothing was stolen from him during the time of the attack.

"We suspect it is a business rivalry because they stole nothing and this is the second incident as the first incident they stole money in his wholesale shop at Ngurubani," Kiama stated.

6 people killed in Garissa county

In other sad news, six people were killed while travelling to Hulugho on Borokey Road, from Garissa Town.

Among those killed in the Wednesday, August 16 attack were five students who were heading home to spend time with their relatives during the holiday.

According to Northeastern Regional Commissioner John Otieno, the deceased were travelling in a Toyota Probox when the gunmen ambushed them and shot them at close range.

Regional boss John Otieno said preliminary investigations showed the attack was due to an inter-clan conflict and that the attackers were on a revenge mission.

“The victims were asked to identify themselves before they were shot at close range. All the deceased are from the same clan. The suspects are pundits and we believe they were after revenge over an earlier incident. Through our intelligence, we have been able to arrest one key suspect who will help in nailing down the remaining suspects," Otieno said.