Fear grips boda boda riders after man is killed, motorcycle stolen

Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo (right) and Githurai Boda Boda Operators Association Co-ordinator Daniel Ngugi (left) and other boda boda operators carry the coffin bearing the remains of John Mbuthia from the Kenyatta University Funeral Home last Saturday. Mbuthia was shot dead by criminals last week in Githurai. [PHOTO: KAMAU MAICHUHIE/standard]

Boda boda operators in Githurai are a worried lot following the murder of one of their colleagues last week.

John Mbuthia, 21, was shot in the head three times by people he was carrying, bringing to five the number of riders killed by gangsters and their motorcycles stolen in the past five months.