The attack on Molo activist Richard Otieno has caused public uproar after he was brutally murdered by unknown assailants on his way home from a bar on Saturday night.
On Sunday, irate residents blocked Njoro-Molo Road before storming the mortuary where the deceased’s body was being held and paraded it on the streets in a show of anger and rage.
Richard also known as ‘Molo President’, was reportedly hacked to death using an axe by unknown assailants on Saturday night outside his home.
He was last seen alive in Elbugon where he had gone to watch a soccer game on Saturday night. After the game, he took a boda boda ride to his home.
Reportedly,after being dropped off in the night, he took out his phone to call his wife before unknown assailants emerged from nowhere and hacked him to death.
“He lost his life after he was attacked by unknown assailants, they hit him on the buckhead with an axe and he died,” Peter Gichuhi a resident explained.
“The assailants hit him with an axe, his buckhead has a deep cut,” another resident, Anne Kadot lamented.
According to sources, this was not the first time the activist was attacked. Two months earlier, an attempt to murder him.
“This is not the first time. He was arrested and assaulted two months ago. Someone was after his life,” the source disclosed.
Otieno’s lawyer Rosalinda Wamaitha told the press that her client was living in constant fear of being attacked.
“This is the third time. The second time after he was hit, I went and saw him in the hospital. We want to ask the government what is the future of our young people,” the lawyer stated.
Before the tragic incident, Otieno had already recorded statements about receiving threats due to his activism. He was a vocal critic of Molo MP Kuria Kimani.
The whereabouts of Otieno’s body is not yet known which was taken away by residents when anti-riot police dispersed them.
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