This archive report was first published on 11 August 2019.
On August 11, 2019, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested the driver and conductor of a Nairobi bus who were accused of fatally pushing a man out of a moving vehicle.
The two suspects, Naphtali Fondo, 33, and Alex Gikonyo, 20, are set to be arraigned in court next week to face murder charges.
They are accused of throwing 24-year-old Gerald Kimondo out of a Zam Zam group bus registration number KCC 021A, which plies the Githurai-Nairobi CBD route.
Investigations revealed that the same passenger bus was involved in a similar incident last year, where 20-year-old Doreen Kinya was allegedly pushed out of a speeding vehicle near Safari Park Hotel along Thika Superhighway.
Doreen, a student at Nairobi Institute of Business Studies (NIBS), succumbed to internal injuries at Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital after the incident.
According to eyewitnesses, Doreen was pushed out of the bus after an altercation arose between her and the conductor after she complained about being driven past the point where she was supposed to alight.
Despite the latest incident, Kasarani OCPD Peter Kimani said the bus has been cleared to operate, stating, 'The traffic procedure is that when a vehicle causes an accident, inspection is done, then it is released. But the case still goes on.'
