Public inquest into the death of Governor Gakuru to be held in January

Third Nyeri County Governor Wahome Gakuru, who died on November 17, 2017. [Waweru Murage]

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has written to the Chief Magistrate’s court in Nyeri to conduct a public inquest into the road accident that killed Nyeri’s third Governor Wahome Gakuru.

The first Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua died of cancer months before the 2017 election after which his deputy Samuel Wamathai became the governor.