Slain pilot’s kin to build police post

By Cyrus Ombati

Relatives and friends of slain Kenya Airways pilot Martin Njuma plan to build a police post near where he was killed.

Captain Njuma was shot as he drove home on January 16 at dawn when his car stalled near the Kenya Railways flyover, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi.

When he stepped out to attend to the problem, a gang emerged from a tunnel and attacked him before robbing him of a mobile phone, cash and other valuables.

Yesterday, Njuma’s friends and relatives staged a protest on the highway up to where his body was found and lay flowers.

His sister Penny and father James said their plan is to make the area safe.

Relatives and friends of the late Martin Gitehi Njuma, a Kenya Airways pilot who was killed by thugs along Nairobi’s Uhuru Highway last month, march in protest to Railways flyover where he met his death, yesterday. [PHOTO: collins kweyu/STANDARD]

"Our intention is to partner with the Kenya Police and any likeminded person to see this through. We believe through this noble initiative, no more blood will have to be shed," they said in a statement.

Better security

They said Njuma’s killing should be a wake up call for better security in such areas.

They also appealed to anyone who may have been attacked along the highway to report to the nearest police station.

Central OCPD Richard Muguai said no arrests have been made.

Njuma, 29, and a father of one had been with his friends in South C, Nairobi, and was driving to Parklands when his car stalled.

He called some friends and informed them of the incident. But by the time the friends arrived at the scene, he was missing. He had been hit on the head twice and his body dragged about 10 metres away.

The friends took him to hospital where he died a few hours later. He had a broken skull.

Njuma’s killing has attracted a lot of condemnation, with motorists appealing to police to intensify highway patrols especially along the stretch between Nyayo Stadium roundabout and Westlands Shopping centre.