- Michael was attacked by suspected thieves while taking his three-year-old son to school on Monday morning, January 20
- His neighbor, Irene, narrated the horrifying incident when she ran to help him and found the child crying while his father died
- Felix Popo, who is a converted criminal, who described the deceased as a normal person, condemned the increase in insecurity in the area and urged the youth to refrain from illegal activities
Nairobi – Mathare 4A was plunged into grief and anger on Monday morning, January 20, following the killing of a middle-aged man by suspected thugs while he was accompanying his three-year-old son to school at around 11:30 am.
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The victim, identified as Michael, was a construction worker and is said to have been a single father raising his son alone since the child was three months old.
According to witnesses, Michael was attacked near his home, leaving the little boy crying and helpless next to his father's body.
What happened after Michael was attacked?
Speaking to Mwananchi Digital, a neighbor, Irene, narrated the sad incident after hearing the distress call.
“I immediately recognized the victim as my neighbor. I flashed my light and saw her child crying. The little child looked helpless while the father held his breath. For luck bad, he died before the ambulance arrived,” he said.
At the scene, a lunch box containing food—ugali and omena—was strewn across the dirt road, an ominous symbol of Michael's efforts to care for his son and the uncertainty facing the boy's future.
Felix Popo, a reformed criminal and community leader, decried the growing insecurity in the area.
“There have been cases of people being stabbed to death in this area. Insecurity is widespread, and people live in constant fear. The deceased was an ordinary man who worked in a liner here in Nairobi. This is a sad loss,” he said and asked the local youth to desist from crime.
The incident caused panic among the residents, who temporarily prevented the police from taking the body.
The crowd accused law enforcement of being unable to maintain order, citing recurring insecurity in the area.
Officers from the Muthaiga Police Station finally managed to retrieve the body after a long standoff. It was later taken to the Nairobi Funeral Home.
Residents are calling for urgent action to tackle the insecurity, which they say has left them living in fear and despair.
Two-year-old twins died in a house fire in Kakamega
Elsewhere, grief has spread in the village of Boshino in Kakamega county after their house was burnt down and two-year-old twins were killed.
It is said that the children were left playing inside the house while one family member went out for a short time to fetch water, then they returned to find the house on fire.
When the incident happened, the father was going to church, while the mother, who had recently returned to college, was not there. Despite efforts to save the children, the fire caused deaths.
Shocked neighbors mourned the tragedy and expressed confusion over the cause of the fire, while the investigation into the tragedy continues.
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