NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 6- Police are investigating the stabbing to death of a Nairobi-based lawyer Boaz Nyakeri who was stabbed by an assailant as he walked home in the Ongata Rongai area, Kajiado.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has called on authorities to get the man who killed Nyakeri Saturday morning.
Nyakeri was stabbed near Masaai Lodge in Rongai.
LSK Chief Executive Officer Mercy Wambua said the responsibility placed on advocates as court officials and human rights defenders places them at a relatively higher risk of possible attacks by adversaries.
She said that the assailants who seemed to have been trailing him stabbed him in the neck but did not steal anything from him, leaving a lot of questions as to the motive behind the attack.
“Mr. Nyakeri was taken to Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The case has been reported at Ole Kasasi Police Station in Ongata Rongai. The Council condemns in the strongest terms possible the brutal murder of Advocate Boaz and calls on the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to expedite investigations in order to bring the culprits to book,” said Wambua.
Nyakeri was taken to Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
“We call on the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to heighten the security apparatus within the Country especially during the festive seasons,” Wambua said.
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