Three charged over Nakumatt manager murder
Three people were on July 10, 2015 charged with killing Nakumatt’s Internal Audit Manager Mr James Karanja Maina on May 7. A senior Nakumatt manager who is said to have shot a colleague dead at the supermarket’s headquarters on November 10, 2015 has been arrested. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- It is said that Mr Maina had unearthed a multi-million shillings scandal involving senior employees at the supermarket.
- Mr Maina was shot three times by a gang on a motorcycle near Nakumatt headquarters on Mombasa Road and nothing was stolen from him.
A police officer and a Nakumatt employee are among three suspects who were on Friday charged over the killing of a manager at the leading regional retail supermarket.
The police officer, Mr Ezekiel Momanyi Onsongo was charged alongside Mr Philip Manyura Maroko, an accounts manager at Nakumatt and Mr Dennison Mose Maroko, a bodaboda operator.
They were charged with killing Nakumatt’s Internal Audit Manager Mr James Karanja Maina on May 7.
It is said that Mr Maina had unearthed a multi-million shillings scandal involving senior employees at the supermarket.
Mr Maroko's lawyer requested that his client be released on bond but the Judge directed the application be made next Wednesday.
The three were first arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts on June 25 after their arrest on June 23.
Mr Maina was shot three times by a gang on a motorcycle near Nakumatt headquarters on Mombasa Road and nothing was stolen from him.
The case will be mentioned on July 15.
