Shocking details emerge Moments before and after Professor Mugenda died

Image result for man falls from buildingOn January 5 at dawn, a man is reported to have fallen from the sixth floor of White Rhino hotel in Nyeri Town to his death.

On learning about his death , the family of the deceased is reported to have given the public information contradictory to the incident.

Details emerging in the newsrooms from trusted sources have revealed that the public may have been duped on the real cause of Professor Abel Mugenda.

Just as swiftly as his body cut through the still morning air, it was removed and the blood stain cleaned from the concrete and Little was revealed about the incident.

The report indicates that the 66-year-old jumped to his death from the sixth floor of the four-star hotel at 5am on January 5.

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For a man who commanded attention in lecture halls in some of Kenya’s most prestigious universities, it is ironical that to the staff at the hotel, Prof Mugenda has become a sort of elephant in the room. A topic too big to be broached.
Prior to his death, the academician had stayed at the hotel for four days, from January 2 to January 5.

Staff at the hotel remain reluctant, even afraid, to speak about the incident that has shaken the academic world.

Those who do, talk of a conspiracy to conceal any information that might shed more light to why the man of books took the fatal plunge.
“It is very true (that he jumped) lakini imefichwa (the incident has been concealed),” said a staff member.
The guarded reports that appeared in the press and President Kenyatta’s statement issued last Saturday said the professor had died after a short illness.

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Documents at Nyeri Police Station indicate that the officers had received a report that a man who had booked into the hotel as Abel Mugenda had fallen from a ledge on the sixth floor and died on the spot.

A police source privy to the incident said the officers believe the don took his own life and are not treating the death as suspicious.
Some hotel workers said the renowned professor of statistics and research looked disturbed from the moment he walked through the imposing hotel entrance and further past the well polished shiny floor, onwards to the reception to book his room at the beginning of the year.Image result for white rhino hotel

Mugenda got a room in the new wing of the hotel established in 2015.
“He was all alone most of the time and would appear in the dining hall for meals. He was mostly on phone but we would not notice something unusual,” said a staffer.
The Standard has been reliably informed by officers who reviewed the surveillance footage that Prof Mugenda had attempted to slit his throat and had a towel wrapped around his neck when he jumped.

The professor, our source said, left his room on the fourth floor then took a lift to the sixth floor from where he jumped.
Our source further said a witness saw the professor leap from the building and yelled to prevent him from jumping but it was too late.
The source said there was pressure to keep the incident quiet due to the stigma around the idea that a successful professor would choose to die.

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