ODM Youth official Stephen Mukabana shot dead in Nairobi

Nairobi ODM youth official Stephen Mukabana was Tuesday night shot dead by suspected thugs in a robbery incident in Mihango area, Utawala.

Police say Mukabana had tried to help a man who was being robbed by a gang of six when he was shot in the head and chest.

According to Nairobi police boss Japheth Koome, Mukabana was driving into his compound when he heard screams from a dark alley where a man was being robbed.

“The reports we got show the deceased tried to help another robbery victim when he was shot in the head and chest,” said Koome.

The man was also shot and wounded but he is in a stable condition in hospital and he has given police details of what happened.

Police say Mukabana was shot at close range by the gang that escaped without stealing anything from him. No arrest has been made so far.

But other ODM officials said Mukabana was trailed by people who wanted to kill him before he met his death.

The officials claimed Mukabana was dragged from his house before being shot at.

He had declared interest in running for the Embakasi East parliamentary seat.

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero said Mukabana was assassinated.

“I take this earliest opportunity to unequivocally condemn the act of lawlessness, cowardice and hooliganism that occurred in Chokaa, Mihango Ward yesterday night, where a group of assassins trailed and executed the ODM Youth Leader for Nairobi, Stephen Mukabana and murdered him in cold blood,” said Kidero.

He said such inhumane acts of impunity are regrettable and cannot be allowed to go unpunished in a county under his watch.

“As a personal family friend to the late Mukabana and his fellow comrade in ODM, I assure his perturbed resting soul that I will do all within my willpower to bring all these cowards involved in this heinous act to face justice.”

He termed the death a great loss to ODM, his family and all the youth of Nairobi.