This archive report was first published on 12 May 2020.
A 14-year-old boy is set to face charges in connection with the murder of Pamoja FM journalist Mohammed Hassan Marjan, a dedicated journalist and one of the founders of the community-based Islamic radio station in 2006.
According to Kibra sub-county deputy commissioner Gideon Ombogi, the juvenile was arrested after analysis of a CCTV footage revealed him to be part of a group of four others believed to be youthful gangsters in Kibra slum who accosted the late journalist on the fateful night.
The footage shows the gang robbing Mohammed violently before stabbing him on the left side of his chest, killing him instantly.
On the night of May 4, 2020, the 62-year-old journalist was on his way home from work after hosting a morning show, Ukumbi wa Kiislamu, when he was found dead on the road at Makina next to Kibra law courts.
Commissioner Ombogi revealed that one member of the gang had been lynched by irate members of the public on that fateful day.
“Once the body was taken away to the mortuary, a group of young men gathered and went out looking for a suspected killer. They then took him to the scene of crime and murdered him there and then,” Commissioner Ombogi said.
