A Kenyan civil engineer, James Karigi, was killed on Thursday, July 31, 2025, after armed gunmen ambushed his vehicle on a volatile stretch of the Morobo-Kaya road in South Sudan. The attack also left a fellow Kenyan and two other individuals unaccounted for, prompting an urgent search and a heightened security alert in the region.
Karigi, was on his way to procure materials for a project when his vehicle was attacked near the town of Bazi, three miles from Morobo town.
According to Morobo County Commissioner Charles Bullen, the assailants opened fire before setting the car on fire, where Karigi's body was later recovered.
The fate of his colleague, also a Kenyan, and two motorcycle riders who were reportedly accompanying them, remains unknown.
