Elvis Munene, a Nairobi City County employee who went missing on January 29, has been found 23 days after he went missing.
Munene, who worked as an intern at the county’s IT department, was found dead at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Reportedly, On the day he went missing, Munene had left work at the City Hall Annex for the Nairobi Central Business District to run errands and later proceed to his family’s home.
Munene received a call from his close friend while leaving work, and messages between the two men and a family member revealed that Munene and his friend went downtown to purchase a phone cover.
However, the two were confronted by police officers, with authorities detaining his friend while Munene fled.
Munene was allegedly captured by a mob at the junction of Kirinyaga Road and Charles Rubia Road in the CBD and beaten senseless around 5:00pm and 7:30pm.
Eyewitnesses reported that Munene had allegedly stolen a phone at the time the mob took him down and beat him before the police arrived and rescued him
He was reportedly taken to KNH, where he received immediate medical attention. Due to the severity of his injuries, mostly to the head, he was later admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Munene reportedly succumbed to his injuries two days later with his body transferred to the KNH mortuary.
Meanwhile, the family, unaware of the development, continued their search until the day when Munene’s body was found.
His mother who spoke to the press, claimed that on the day of disappearance, her son had called her requesting additional money for transport to head home. However, when she arrived home from work, he was not home.
He called me at around 4:20pm asking me for money to top up his transport, which I did send him. From then, when I got home at 8pm I discovered that he had not arrived,”
The mother further revealed that on that fateful day, he went to work without his identification documents, leaving them at home.
”After searching for him, when we got into his room, we found his IDs, the national one, job access, and school student identification,” she narrated.
The police have, in response to these developments, arrested Munene’s close friend along with others they believe are connected to the case.
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