On Tuesday afternoon, Japhet Ndunguja, a General Service Unit officer had his last conversation with his elder sister Helen Jumapili.
He told her that he will visit her on Wednesday because he will be off duty.
The visit never came to be. The 26-year-old officer was shot to death by terrorists in the DusitD2 Hotel attack.
However in reward for his bravery, the government has drawn a huge workforce from Manyani Maximum Security, Wundanyi GK, Voi and Taveta Remand Prisons under the command of Assistant Commissioner of Prisons Khamisi Bakari to construct a house for the widow left by GSU constable who died in DusitD2 terror attack.
Ms Jumapili said her family received the news of his death on Wednesday evening after the government announced that the siege at the hotel was over.
On Wednesday morning, she said she tried reaching her brother on phone, but it was switched off.
“I thought he was resting since he had a long night. My parents, however, kept on calling me to know whether he was okay. We confirmed in the evening that he died in the fight,” she said.
Ms Jumapili said death has robbed her family a hardworking brother who had ambitious plans for the future.
According to sources supervising the construction, The house must be completed before his burial, possibly this Saturday.
Before the tragedy, Nduguja had initiated the construction but it was yet ot be completed as he was planning to take his annual leave this year to start construction of his house.
Today, Taveta Deputy County Commissioner Charles Kamande said the Government was only providing labour since the material had been bought.
The National Government is building a house for the General Service Unit (GSU) officer who was killed during the 14 Riverside Driver terror attack in Nairobi last week.
Japhet Nduguja, 25, who hails from the county, is the only police officer felled by terrorists during the security operation at dusitD2 Hotel.
The GSU officer was among security personnel deployed to evacuate civilians and neutralise the terrorists.
On Tuesday, the government deployed hundreds of inmates to construct the house at his Kimala –Ndiweni village on the outskirts of Taveta town.
Mr Bakari is in-charge of Wundanyi GK Prisons.
A Government source said the house is being built in his honour for the distinguished services he rendered to the country.
Has the government rewarded the family enough?