Nakuru insecurity increases as gang kills fourth shopkeeper

Eias Mwambili, an MPESA shop attendant  who was fatally shot by armed robbers at his shop in Upper Hill estate, Nakuru West, on the evening of May 31, 2025. The assailants fled with at least Sh200,000. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

A four-man armed gang has continued to terrorise Nakuru residents, with the number of people they have killed now rising to four in the last ten days, with several others injured.

The most recent victim, Elias Mwambili, 24, was shot on Saturday evening at his employer’s shop in Upperhill Soilo Estate in Nakuru West, where they stole Sh200,000.