Mystery killings: Tales of boda boda riders led to their deaths by conniving customers

Peter Kinyanjui at his bed at Valley Hospital in Nakuru town after he was attacked at Pipeline area by a gang which made away with his motorbike. [PHOTOS: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

NAKURU COUNTY: When a bakery proprietor in Nakuru County invested his profits on a new motorcycle for a taxi business, he never thought that his aspirations would lead him to his death. John Mwangi then closed his bakery so he could concentrate on the boda boda business.

So when a middle-aged man asked to be ferried to Kibanga Way near Lake Nakuru National Park on the night of July 19, Mwangi quickly started his motorbike as it meant more revenue. After all, the two-kilometre ride to Kenlands through Ponda Mali Market would earn him good money before he went back home to his family.