Mwangi Ndirangu, George Munene and John Kisu
5 May 2008
Nairobi — Cattle rustlers shot dead a five-year-old child and injured another when they raided a farm owned by President Kibaki's relative in Laikipia West District.
The three men, one of them armed with an AK-47 rifle, struck at the farm owned by a cousin of the President, Mr George Mwai, at 8pm on Saturday. They intended to steal livestock but ended up shooting the workers' children. The child who escaped with gunshot wounds was admitted to the Nyahururu District Hospital Police said that after the raiders gained entry into the farm, they found workers' children warming themselves at an open fire. The attackers then opened fire, killing a five-year-old child on the spot.
Laikipia head of police Walter Aliwa confirmed the incident. A search for the raiders was launched. However, by 3pm, no arrests had been made. Elsewhere, a 28-year-old suspected telephone cable thief was yesterday slashed to death by a mob in Kirinyaga District. Four other suspects escape the mob's wrath. The five gangsters had raided Telkom-Kenya offices at dawn and attempted to steal 20 kilograms of telephone wires. A night watchman on guard, however, spotted them and raised the alarm.
Killed him The gangsters scattered in different directions, but the residents cornered one of them and killed him. Five armed gangsters Sunday morning killed a prominent businessman when they raided Kavuthu trading centre in Nzaui District. They took off with Sh100,000. According to the Sultan Hamud OCS, Mr Wilfred Mogere, the robbers struck at 2am. They stormed Mr Mathew Masaku Kitung'a's shop and shot him dead.
Mr Mogere said the gangsters then proceeded to the nearby Redeemed Church and terrorised worshippers before robbing them of mobile phones.
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