Abduction of Nairobi Billionaire Gets Global Attention
A file Image of the entrance to Light Academy
The abduction of a Turkish billionaire living in Kenya has attracted international attention with Kenyan authorities being put under pressure to explain the businessman s whereabouts.
Selahattin Gulen was abducted on May 3, 2021, while on his way to the DCI Headquarters in Nairobi s Kiambu Road.
He had been living in the country for a few years working as a teacher and running the family-owned business - Light Academy Group of Schools.
His wife, Serriye Gulen, who relocated to Kenya on November 6, 2020 claimed that her husband was abducted by Turkish spies who later flew her to the European nation.
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Juja MP-elect George Ndungu Koimburi. [Courtesy]
Many thought George Ndungu Koimburi was foolhardy when he decided to run in the Juja parliamentary byelection on the little-known People Empowerment Party ticket in President Uhuru Kenyatta s political backyard.
The party is associated with President Uhuru Kenyatta s rebel MP in the neighbouring Gatundu South, Moses Kuria.
A former chairman of the Kiambu County Liquor Board, the MP-elect did not have it easy. At one point, he went into hiding from DCI sleuths who were reportedly looking for him over questionable academic papers.
No stranger to politics, the soft-spoken man s landslide victory in the Juja parliamentary by-election on Tuesday affirmed his popularity in the president s backyard having tried his luck in 2017 (on Farmers’ Party ticket) when he lost to the late Francis Waititu (Wakapee).
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The late Jennifer Wambua.
A Kiambu Court has ordered Peter Njenga alias ole Sankale, the prime suspect in the murder of a National Land Commission (NLC) official to undergo a mental assessment to ascertain if he is fit to stand trial.
Mr Njenga who appeared virtually before Kiambu Principal Magistrate Grace Omondo was directed to appear in court on Wednesday for further directions.
Nicholas Olesena, the investigating officer, told the court that they had cracked the murder case after DNA results placed Njenga at the crime scene.
Mr Olesena further requested the court for seven days to allow the suspect to undergo a mental assessment test.
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Lawrence Warunge Still Unfit To Stand Trial For Quintuple Homicide
A Kiambu Court has granted the prosecution more time to assess Lawrence Njoroge Warunge, the university student who confessed to killing five people, as his trial failed to kick-off for the second time on Monday, February 1.
Prosecution counsel Christine Mbevi told the court the accused is still mentally unfit to stand trial and is under medication.
“The suspect is expected at Mathari hospital on March 5 for a review. We are seeking more time, preferably [until] March 15, when we will update the court on his status,” Ms Mbevi said.
Chief Magistrate Patricia Gichohi gave the prosecution until March 15 to give an update on Warunge’s mental health status.