Leaders have condemned the killing of a Egerton University lecturer and urged police to speed up investigations into the murder.
Mr Alex Mariera,28, was brutally murdered on Thursday evening and his body found bundled in a car boot outside his compound at Kiti estate.
Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama termed the killing of the man described as humble and diligent as unfortunate.
“I urge the security agents to conduct a thorough investigations and bring to book those behind the murder of the youthful engineer,” said Mr Arama.
Meanwhile, Mr Arama called on Mr Mariera’s family to stay calm as police carry out investigations.
Rift Valley Council of Elders chairman Gilbert Kabage asked the government to tighten security in the county, saying the recent cases of insecurity in Nakuru Town are worrying.
“I urge the police to increase patrols to deter crime. Incidents of insecurity that have been witnessed here in the past few weeks are a warning sign and we must deal with it as early as possible,” said Mr Kabage.
Mr Mariera, who was pursuing a Masters degree in civil engineering at the University of Nairobi, was also part of a team of engineers developing a manual meant to develop ways of de-congesting urban areas.
Mr Mariera had travelled from Kirinyaga where he worked as an engineer to Nakuru when he was killed.
His father Francis Misonge told the Nation his son had travelled back to pick his car logbook which he had put on sale after advertising on OLX.
Mr Misonge said his son informed him that he had found a buyer.
“My son travelled from Kirinyaga to Nakuru on Wednesday to collect the logbook. He said the buyers were to pay him Sh950,000,” said Mr Misonge.
He said Mr Mariera arrived in Nakuru on Thursday around noon. Mr Misonge said he was in the company of people he said were the buyers.
His mother Lucy Misonge said she tried to reach her son on his mobile phone after he collected the car but without success.
“We had been communicating but after picking the logbook and the vehicle, he did not answer my calls. The phone was later disconnected,” said Mrs Misonge.
A post-mortem reports revealed that Mr Mariera was shot in back of the head at close range.
Source:Daily Nation:Leaders call for probe into killing of varsity lecturer
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