Fallen Heroes!! Companies to hold memorial service for dusit employees next week

Memorial service for the six Dusit hotel employees who died in the deadly terror attack will be held on Wednesday at Consolata Shrine

The hotel which has temporarily closed following the attack said those killed are Beatrice Mutua, Bernadette Konjaio, Erickson Mogaka, Trufosa Nyaboke, Dedricks Lemisi, and Zachary Nyabwaga.

Michael Metaxas, the hotel’s General Manager had said on Thursday that three workers were recovering in hospital following the attack, when he announced 4 had been killed. But the number has since increased to 6.

Dusit hotel and Cellulant, a digital payment service provider lost a similar number of people in the attack.

Cellulant said it will also hold a memorial at Christ is the Answer Ministry (CITAM) on Valley Road on Tuesday next week.

Staff Cellulant lost include a product developer Ashford Kuria, an information security expert Dennis Mwaniki, a manager in charge of Cellulant hub Jeremiah Mbaria, a quality assurance officer John Ndiritu, a software engineer Kelvin Gitonga and an implementation engineer Wilfred Kareithi.

Six suspects were arraigned in court on Friday over the attack staged by four heavily armed terrorists and a suicide bomber who blew himself up on arrival.

Police continue to round up more suspects including a father and wife of the suicide bomber who has been identified as Mahir Khalid Riziki aged 25. 

The attack left 21 people dead and scores injured.

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