Gang breaks into Governor Amason Kingi's house in dawn attack

Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho (right), his counterpart from Kilifi Amason Kingi (centre) and Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU]

Suspected thugs broke into the house of Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi in Nyali and made away with a laptop and TV set Friday.

The burglars are said to have switched off an electric fence and jumped over two homes in a gated area and got into the governor's house.
The Governor said the thugs broke into his house at around 3am.

"I could hear them all over the house breaking down doors," explained Kingi. He was at home with his wife and children during the ordeal.

Governor Kingi and his family barricaded themselves in the bedroom as the attackers broke down the kitchen door, apparently, using a crowbar or other heavy equipment, and rummaged through rooms in an operation that lasted about half an hour.

"I could hear them right outside my bedroom door," Kingi said.

Kisauni OCPD Christopher Rotich in a statement, announced that detectives have launched a probe into the matter.

Kingi and Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho, who also claimed a similar attack in his Nyali home "recently" are demanding a swift investigation and attributed the attack to the withdrawal of their security.

The attackers scaled the wall into Kingi's home after tearing down a section of the electric fence into Mr Julius Mwasaru's home, moved on into an unoccupied compound from which they scaled into the governor's residence.

Kingi said no such incident has occurred in this neighbourhood or on his home for the seven years he has lived here.

Nyali police promised a statement but had not done so by the time of going to press.