Murdered Thika Tycoon In A Suspected Setup, Co-Owned Land With Michuki’s Family

At the time of the shooting, Mr Shah was with his co-director Francis Michuki, the latter’s bodyguard Jesse Kariuki and five potential investors. Francis is the son of former Internal Security minister John Michuki, who died in February 2012.

“His death is suspect. Why him? No one else was injured during the shoot-out. Mr Michuki had a bodyguard and we are told he fired back when the two gunmen had left,” Jitan said, referring to reports a police officer assigned to one of the co-directors had engaged the attackers.

The initial plan was to set up a special economic zone in the area that would host industries and go-downs. It is said this was the first meeting with the investors and unfortunately the last that Shah had to attend.

According to the wife’s account of events, the businessman woke up at 6.30am and left his home at Section Nine in Thika to a temple in town. Thereafter, he drove to Ndarugo for the meeting.

“One of them was armed with a pistol and ordered everyone to lie on the ground. But the officer (Michuki’s bodyguard) defied the order after seeing one of the suspects was armed with a pistol. He took cover and started firing at them, who fired back. The suspects were overwhelmed and sped off without robbing the victims,” states the report.

Francis Michuki, the son of former Internal Security Minister the late John Michuki (facing camera) confers with two unidentified men on March 6, 2022 when the head of investigations at the DDCI John Gachomo and other detectives visited the scene where Sudhir Shah was gunned down. [Gitau Wanyoike, Standard]

In trying to piece it all up and find the killers and conspirators, detectives from the DCI who visited the scene on Sunday, confiscated mobile phones of all the eight people who were with Mr Shah for forensic analysis.

Autopsy

According to autopsy report, the bullet hit Mr Sudhir Shah in the chest and went out through his lower back, injuring the right lung and causing internal bleeding.

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Head of investigations at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Mr John Gachomo said Mr Shah was in the company of eight people, including another plantation director, when the incident happened. Mr Gachomo said the attackers laid the ambush just after a meeting inside the plantation.

Mr Shah was shot as a police officer who was accompanying the plantation directors engaged the attackers in a gunfight.