Detectives based in Ruiru have launched a manhunt for a driver who stabbed his employer on Thursday evening, March 3, 2022.
Benjamin Munene Ndiang’ui is also reported to have taken off with an unspecified amount of money.
"Ndiang’ui who was a driver to one Jane Muraguri, of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Nairobi, as her driver, drove her to a secluded spot at ClayWorks along the busy Thika superhighway, where he stabbed her multiple times on her face," the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a tweet.
The servant turned assailant is then said to have transferred an unspecified amount of money from his employer’s Mpesa account before fleeing on foot, leaving behind a blood-stained kitchen knife.
Muraguri was rescued by a guard from BM security company who rushed her to Kenyatta University hospital, where she was admitted in serious condition.
She sustained serious injuries to her right eye, nostrils and mouth.
A manhunt for the driver is currently ongoing with sleuths from DCI Ruiru leading the operation.
The DCI has called upon members of the public with information on the suspect's whereabouts to #FichuakwaDCI 0800 722 203.
