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Joseph Kiarie was planning to open water bottling company in January

Thika MP Patrick Wainaina (in black cap) talking to Antony Koinange (left) the elder brother to Joseph Ng'ethe Kiarie who was allegedly beaten to death by a matatu crew on Christmas Eve in Nairobi after an altercation over a minor accident. [PHOTO BY KAMAU MAICHUHIE]

Joseph Ng’ethe Kiarie would perhaps have been among the newest employers in Kenya, had the cruel hand of death not plucked his life on Christmas eve.

When Saturday Standard visited his home in Komo village in Gatuanyaga ward, Thika East on Friday, the family was mourning Kiarie who was beaten to death by matatu crew after an altercation following an accident.

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