Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Monday May 11, arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the murder of a 62-year-old Mohammed Hassan, a veteran journalist who worked at Pamoja FM in Kibra, Nairobi.

The juvenile was positively identified after analysis of IC3 CCTV footage. In a group of four others, the suspect accosted the deceased who was heading to his place after duty at the said radio station, violently robbed him in which process they stabbed him on the left side of the chest killing him instantly.

His body was discovered lying on the road at Makina near Kibera Law Courts in the wee hours of May 4, 2020 not long before enraged members of the public subjected one suspect to mob injustice.

According to a statement posted by DCI after making the arrest, the detectives are still pursuing the other three suspects and a woman believed to have been harbouring them, as the juvenile awaits arraignment.

Mohammed Hassan met his death on his way from work after hosting a special Ramadhan show. On the day he lost his life, Kibra residents accused the police of laxity particularly during the dusk to dawn curfew.

The murder of the journalist came a day after journalists commemorated World Press Freedom Day.

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A popular radio in Nairobi has been killed by unknown assailants.

The radio presenter who is popular in Nairobi’s Kibera area lost his life on Monday May 4, 2020 while goping back home from his line of duty..

The presenter, identified as Mohamed Hassan Marijan who worked at Pamoja FM, is said to have been killed by unknown assailants this morning as he returned home from hosting a Ramadan special.

He is said to have been attacked by the assailants at Makina and the motive is yet to be known.

Those close to the veteran journalist said he would spend the nights in the studios, including in the past years, sharing Qaswidas and Khutbas from different sheikhs.

His close colleagues eulogised him as a great man who was close to people having worked in the media for quite a while.

“The late Marjian was a great person. Always ready to help one out,” one stated.

Pamoja FM is a community based station which was started in 2007 in the slums of Kibera. The station operates from a small office in the densely populated area and has a deep connection with the community.

It normally deals with issues affecting the community through debates and features and receives funding from among others, USAid.

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