Is Kinoo a dangerous haven?
Since 2000, Matheri’s criminal record was the worst,Matheri was accused of at least 11 murders, rapes, robberies and carjackings.
He was also implicated in the killing of an American missionary and her daughter, who were attacked in the Kinoo area of Nairobi while waiting in their car for a friend to pick them up.
Several days later, he and his gang pursued a father and son — who had witnessed a robbery by the mob — to their home and shot them in cold blood.
Former police commissioner Hussein Ali had described Matheri a “public enemy number one,” and said he wanted him dead or alive.
At the height of their fight against crime in 2017, police increased security in Kabete and Kikuyu constituencies following cases of thuggery, killings and carjacking that had become common across the kiambu.
However the thugs who are known to lay a low profile and strike when least expected have left residents of Kinoo in shock.
A Catholic priest who is said to have been transporting church offering to a bank in Kikuyu town was on Monday shot dead by thugs in Kinoo, Kiambu.
The attackers who ambushed the priest stole an unknown amount of money from the Father Samuel Muhia who was in charge of Kinoo parish.
Kiambu County Police Commander Andiel Nyange said a gang of four on two motorcycles obstructed the priest on a rough road.
He was forced to pull over and the thieves demanded a bag that was in the car.
#MondayMotivation #HumanRightsDay RIP Fr. Njoroge..shot dead at kinoo in the morning while taking sunday offertory and tithe to KCB bank in kikuyu pic.twitter.com/ocVSmzj2gv
— kitonyi (@kitonyi1) December 10, 2018
Nyange said a gunman shot through the windscreen of the Toyota Harrier and a bullet hit the priest on the chest.
The police boss said the priest was taking Sunday’s offering to a bank in Kikuyu town.
“All the money he had in a bag was stolen. We don’t know the amount but we are investigating. The robbers stole the phone of an occupant in the Father’s car,” he said.
Eyewitness James Waweru said the thugs opened the car, removed a bag and took a mobile phone of his passenger before fleeing.
The mason who was building a house next to the scene, said they were attracted by the noise coming from the scene.
Another eyewitness Kariuki Njoka said he was driving when he heard a gunshot. He saw two motorcycles moving very fast towards him.
“When they passed, I saw people running at a car which was in the middle of the road. We realised it was a priest. We removed him and rushed him to Kikuyu hospital but he was no more,” Njoka said.
Nyanje told churches, residents and businesspeople to ask for police escort when they are taking money to the bank.
He said police patrol;s will be increased during the festive season.