This archive report was first published on 1 December 2019.
On December 1, 2019, a tragic incident occurred at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) when a senior detective attached to the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) collapsed and died.
Ms Monica Wambui Githaiga, the lead investigator in the Dusit D2 terrorism attack, had just returned from Japan where she had been on a short course. She had connected from Japan through Dubai aboard Ethiopian Airlines.
According to a police report, Ms Githaiga had complained of feeling unwell in Dubai, where she was attended to before being allowed to continue with her flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival at JKIA, she was rushed to the Port Health Clinic but efforts to save her life were unsuccessful.
The cause of Ms Githaiga's death is yet to be established. Her body was moved to the Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi.
