He was jovial, with lots of friends Mandera victim's family recalls

Family members of Nancy Muthoni Munene (centre) go through some photos of her son David Muchoki Munene, one of the victims of Mandera attack, at Chaka Village, Nyeri County. News of the death of Munene has left his family in shock. (PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/ STANDARD)

The family of one of the victims of the Al Shabaab attack on a residential building in Mandera County less than a kilometre from the Somalia border town of Belled Xawa last Thursday is still in shock. News of the death of David Munene Muchoki, 40, who was among six of those killed in the attack has left his family in shock.

“I got a call from his wife at around 9am. She told me she had received news that Muchoki was dead. However, she was yet to confirm whether it was true,” said Nancy Muthoni, the late Muchoki’s mother.