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Father demands government apology after daughter shot by police

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PhD student Laura Kwasira who was allegedly shot dead by a Nakuru-based police officer. [Bernard Lusigi, Standard]

Dr Josphta Kwasira sits pensively outside his home in Itumbu village, Shinyalu constituency, struggling to come to terms with the brutal death of his firstborn daughter.

Kwasira's daughter, Laura Kwasira, was allegedly shot five times by Nakuru Police Constable Nicholas Musau, attached to Nakuru Central Police Station, on Wednesday morning at Vegas Bar over an unpaid bill of Sh16,000.

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