The mystery surrounding the killing of controversial businessman Jacob Juma deepened yesterday as family and friends dismissed theories put forth by police on events leading to his death.
The family also accused the police of trying to orchestrate a cover up in the death of the 45-year-old.
Miriam Juma, the slain businessman’s wife, yesterday dismissed possible explanations offered by police on how her husband met his death.
“He always drove himself and he would wait until the roads are clear before he drives home. He normally used Lang’ata Road and not Ngong Road,” Miriam said.
“We talked regularly even on the fateful day. He hadn’t shown signs of being worried. But he had confided in me many times that some people are not happy with him and wanted to eliminate him.”
Her late husband did not trust the police, she said. The narrative provided on the businessman’s death raised questions, because first, there were no first hand witnesses even though Nairobi residents are notorious for crowding crime scenes. All reconstruction of the murder has so far come from one source, on a day and time when such a scene would have caused a major traffic snarl-up on the road that links the city to the Karen suburb. Police say the shooting occurred around 9:30pm and the body was moved to Karen police station at 11pm.
“Given the traffic jam on Ngong Road, some motorists could have witnessed him being killed,” said prominent Nairobi businessman Jimmy Wanjigi.
Wanjigi, who is Juma’s brother-in-law and business associate, wondered why police quickly transported the body to City Mortuary before informing anyone.
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