Land CAS Kimani Ngunjiri/Courtesy
Police are investigating an incident in which Lands Chief Administrative Secretary Kimani Ngunjiri shot and injured a man in a fight over a piece of land at Kwa Tom village in Subukia Constituency, Nakuru County.
Ngunjiri was arguing with a 60-year-old woman, Susan Murugi, over a half-acre piece of land before he took out a gun and shot a man on Monday morning.
“Ngunjiri alikuja saa kumi na mbili asubuhi nilikuwa pale kwa ng’ombe nikaona wameanza kubomoa, ndio nikateremka, nikaona amenioneshea risasi. Sikuogopa, nikamwambia nipige risasi, hakunipiga, aligeukia watoto wangu,” said Murugi.
Murugi’s daughter, who tried to intervene, is said to have sustained injuries in the incident.
“Wakati aliona hakupiga mtu na risasi alichukua mti na kugonga huyu msichana wangu wah! Nikamuuliza tangu lini mheshimiwa utaendelea kunisumbua. Mwaka huo mwingine ulikuja kwa shamba langu ukalima shamba, ukanipeleka kortini,” the elderly woman said.
Ngunjiri’s bodyguards were forced to stop the woman’s son from attacking the CAS with an axe. Ngunjiri fired, and the bullet hit a passerby.
“Mimi hata nilikuwa napita tu, sina shamba huku, nilikuwa nimekuja kutafuta riziki, mimi ni hustler tu,” said Lucas Onyango, the victim.
The former Bahati MP said he was forced to fire to defend his life after the dispute, which has brewed for years, escalated.
He surrendered his firearm to the police, who say investigations into the matter have commenced while the injured were treated and discharged.
Sam Oduor is the editor-in-chief at the Western Kenya Times who leverages the power of the Internet in telling stories that shape opinions.
