6th May, 2016
A controversial businessman, Jacob Juma, was shot dead last night by unknown gunmen in Nairobi.
The country’s largest newspaper, the Daily Nation, says: “His bullet riddled vehicle was found in a ditch. The vehicle had 10 bullet holes.”
Mr Juma, @kabetes, had predicted on Twitter last December that he would be assassinated.
He had also sued the government in 2015 for revoking of his company’s mining licence.
He has also been critical of the ruling Jubilee coalition on corruption matters and was supportive of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The Standard newspaper quotes the Nairobi police boss commenting on the death and saying: “We don’t know the motive but this seems to be a pure murder.”
His death was the top trend on Twitter in Kenya this morning.