This archive report was first published on 1 December 2019.
On December 1, 2019, Chief Inspector Monica Wambui Githaiga, a renowned investigator, tragically passed away at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) shortly after arriving from Japan.
Ms Githaiga had traveled to Japan for a short course and connected through Dubai and Addis Ababa aboard Ethiopian Airlines before her untimely demise.
According to reports, she had complained of feeling unwell while in Dubai, citing chest pains and dizziness, and was treated before being allowed to board her flight to Nairobi.
Upon arrival, witnesses quoted by the media stated that she collapsed and vomited before being confirmed dead at a clinic at JKIA.
As the lead investigator in the dusitD2 Hotel attack on January 15, Ms Githaiga had uncovered significant evidence, including the revelation that one of the suspects, Hassan Abdi Nur, received Ksh. 9 million from South Africa in three months and sent it to Somalia.
Her investigation also discovered that Nur had 52 M-Pesa agent accounts, with 47 registered between October and December last year, each with a SIM card, and used different IDs to register the SIM cards.
An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of her death.
