This archive report was first published on 10 August 2019.
On Saturday, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives apprehended two matatu crew members in Githurai, Nairobi, in connection with the death of a passenger.
The suspects, bus driver Naphtali Fondo, 33, and his conductor Alex Gikonyo, 20, allegedly pushed 24-year-old Gerald Kimondo from a moving vehicle, resulting in his death.
According to police, the suspects will be charged with murder.
Investigations have revealed that the bus was involved in a similar incident last year near Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, where 20-year-old Doreen Kinya, a student at Nairobi Institute of Business Studies, was pushed out of a Githurai bus owned by Zam Zam Sacco.
Ms. Kinya died shortly after arriving at Neema Uhai Hospital in Ruaraka, where she was rushed by a Good Samaritan.
A post-mortem examination revealed that she suffered a broken skull, a broken left arm, and bruises on her face and arms as a result of the impact with the tarmac.
