Detectives from the forensic ballistics unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday evening sealed off the scene where a woman was mysteriously shot dead on Kaunda Street in Nairobi on Monday.
Lilian Waithera, 46, who worked at the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) collapsed and died in Nairobi’s city centre on Monday evening and it took a post-mortem to reveal that she had been shot.
Witnesses and police said as Waithera was walking when she started complaining of chest pains on February 13, at about 5pm.
Her colleagues who were with her called an ambulance, which arrived quickly, but the responders declared her dead at the scene.
She had walked from her place of work in Upper Hill and was heading home when she collapsed.
Eyewitnesses recounted that the NHIF employee held her chest when she fell to the ground. An autopsy on the body revealed that there was a bullet in her lungs.
Given that no gunshots were heard, mystery emerged over the source of the bullet resulting in reports that a sniper was involved. The same is yet to be confirmed by the police.
“The incident happened around 5:15 pm. The lady was in the company of her colleagues. Suddenly, she appeared to be shocked as she looked at the sky. We all thought it was a heart attack,” an eyewitness recounted.
However, Lilian’s employee cautioned Kenyans against speculating over the death even as they asked Kenyans to accord the family privacy and respect.
“NHIF Management wishes to request members of the public to accord the family of the late Waithera a chance to mourn their loved one and to exercise patience during this extremely difficult time,” NHIF stated.
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