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A highway thief and a telephone call that cut short a man’s life

Timothy Irimu Muriuki, Manager of Nairobi Water Company who was involved in a fatal accident along Thika Road [Courtesy]

The journey ended abruptly in the middle of the road. The last sentence hang in the air as the driver’s door flung open. And then the chase started. The caller on the other end had no idea of the tragedy that was just about to strike.

The infuriated manager of Nairobi Water company would not let the man who had just snatched his phone get away that easily.

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