In a startling revelation before a Nairobi court, it has emerged that one of the suspects in the murder case of former Kabete MP George Muchai has been accused of receiving a mysterious payment just hours before the tragic killings.
According to testimony presented before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, Raphael Kimani Gachii, alias Kim Butcher, denied claims that the late Muchai's driver, Stephen Wambugu, had sent him Sh30,000 hours before the tragic incident. The incident, which occurred on the morning of February 7, 2019, saw Muchai, Wambugu, and two of his bodyguards Samuel Kailikia and Samuel Matanta shot dead in cold blood at the Kenyatta Avenue-Uhuru Highway roundabout in Nairobi. The four were driving in a Toyota Fortuner when a masked, lone gunman believed to be Kimani's co-accused Eric Isabwa shot them at close range at about 2:30 am as they stopped to buy the day's newspapers. The disclosure of the monies came during the defense of Kimani who has been found with a case to answer over 10 charges of the robbery with violence of six victims two of whom were sisters, Gladys Waithera and Irene Muthoni. The prosecution had earlier presented testimony of 36 witnesses including police officers who claimed that Kimani and his co-accused person were involved in a series of robberies, which allegedly occurred five hours before the murder of Muchai, his driver, and two aides.
READ: Why Kabete MP George Muchai was killed Kimani, 44, a butchery operator, acknowledged that he had received the money, but vehemently denied any connection between the payment and the murder, explaining that it was related to a business transaction involving a large meat order. "Your honour I was operating a butchery and I had two employees.
I used to roast meat for customers even in their homes if they called and requested. My telephone numbers were all over, from Westlands ABC Plaza to Gitaru Junction where I had produced posters advertising my work," he said.
