Unbelievable: A 17 Years-old Boy Reveals How He Lured And Killed Taxi Driver.
A 17 year old 2021 KCSE candidate has confessed and revealed how he lured and killed a bolt taxi driver.
While thousands of candidates across the country the country were burning the mid-night oil in preparation for the 2021 KCSE national examination, Elijah Magambi, 17, a candidate at St Patrick’s Education Centre in Kasarani, was planning how corn a taxi driver who he eventually killed.
The candidate has allegedly confessed to police about his involvement in a murder that has shocked detectives and Netizens across the world.
The student reported to detectives to have lured the driver of the taxi hailing app, Bolt, to his death in an incident that has left many in a shock considering his age and the manner in which it was executed.
Stephen Kimani, 40, thought he had hit the jackpot when Magambi hired him for an upcountry trip, but ended up paying a heavy price for his misplaced trust.
Kimani thought he had closed a mouth-watering deal on February 11, but he had unwittingly walked into a deathtrap.
Magambi claimed he had a patient at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital, whom the family wanted transferred to Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital for further treatment.
Kimani did not have any reasons to doubt the young boy and so the two settled on Sh 30,000 for the 500km trip. It’s unclear why Magambi would hire a taxi from Nairobi instead of the family in Kisii simply hiring a vehicle from their end.
Apparently, Kimani, too, didn’t probe the rationale for this, in any case for him it was business as usual. Enticed by the offline sweet deal, the driver left Nairobi for Kisii at midnight on February 11.
Magambi informed his contact in Kisii, identified as Maxwell Nyangoya, 22, that he was on the way.
The taxi pulled up at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital at 9am on February 12.
While Magambi and Kimani were having breakfast, the client pretended to call a relative of the patient to inform them they had arrived.
Nyangoya later joined them and said the patient’s relative, who was to pay for the taxi, was in Kericho town. They waited but the person never showed up.
While it was getting late, Magambi and Nyangoya convinced Kimani to drive to Kericho so he could be paid Sh15, 000 as part of the deal. Kimani did not suspect any foul play as the two were very friendly and made him at ease.
They left for Kericho in the evening, but along the way, Magambi and Nyangoya allegedly turned against Kimani, according to a police confession.
Magambi reportedly told police that they stabbed Kimani in the stomach and neck, and then dumped the body in a thicket at Kipranya village, Belgut Sub-County in Kericho.
Later that day officers from Sondu collected the body from the scene and also recovered Kimani’s motor vehicle, registration number KCW 782V.
Magambi and his co-accused were tracked by the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau attached to Kiambaa Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who screened their mobile data.
Police said the two are expected to face murder, robbery with violence and abduction charges.
Detectives said that the aim of the suspects was to steal the vehicle, but when they were unable to dispose it off Magambi drove it home.
His father, Mr Geoffrey Manyara, was also arrested after the vehicle was found in his compound.
Magambi returned to Nairobi and was arrested on March 18 at Kenyatta University hostels, where he was being hosted by a friend.
The postmortem examination revealed Kimani never struggled with his killers, given the deep cuts he sustained.
“Scene visited and the body of the deceased was found with a stab wound on the stomach and physical injuries on the chest, back and both hands. There was no sign of struggle at the scene, which is about 500 metres from River Sondu Miriu on the border with Buret Sub-County,” states a police report.
