Senior bank manager shot dead in suspected love triangle

By CYRUS OMBATI

Nairobi, Kenya: A senior bank manager has been shot dead in a suspected love triangle incident along Waiyaki Way, Nairobi.

The deputy director in charge of retail at the bank’s headquarter offices, Mr Peter Njuguna Mukuria, was shot twice as he waited to pick up a woman who was walking from JKUAT University branch near Kianda School along Waiyaki Way.

Police and witnesses said Mukuria was shot in the neck twice by two gunmen who had forced their way into his car.

A guard who was near the scene of the shooting said the two gunmen had been standing next to where Mukuria had parked his CRV Honda waiting to pick up the woman.

“One of them had a can of beer that he seemed to sip and when the woman approached the car they also walked there and forced their way in. It was then that we heard gunshots,” said the guard.

Dagoreti Division police boss Mathews Gwiyo said the gunmen forced Mukuria to drive off before one of them pulled the trigger twice in the neck after driving about 30 meters away.

The woman told police the deceased was a family friend and that one of the gunmen pretended to shout and ask what was going on when Mukuria lost control of his car after the shooting and rammed onto another car that was ahead.

And after the car stalled, the gang later walked out of the car without stealing anything from the victims. Police arrived at the scene and found Mukuria’s body still on the steering.

“We do not know the motive of the shooting so far but love triangle is one of the theories we are investigating,” said Gwiyo.

The woman is also a banker with a rival banking institution in Westland area and she is married to a popular transporter in Dagorretti area.

Gwiyo said a team of investigators is handling the case and intends to question a number of people as part of investigations to know the killers and their motive.