News of the murder of Self Proclaimed Slum Millionaire George Maina once again revealed the shocking number of Kenyan Youths that have joined deadly criminal gangs and are out there terrorizing innocent Kenyans.
Maina’s Story is a Story of a man who was never true to himself. A man who always wanted to get things the easy way.
Despite warnings from friends and family for him to let go of his criminal activities, Maina, just like a defiant child continued engaging in robbery and was always running battles with the police.
A Close friend to Maina revealed that they even used an officer from Nairobi to try and talk him out of crime but all their efforts bore no fruit.
Maina’s Friends and Family even repaired for him his once broken Lorry so that he could engage in a legal business. He promised that he would change only for him to fall to police bullets a month later.
The lorry which police found at the godown where Maina and his Gang went to steal and which was being used to transport the stolen goods was the one that the friends helped him to repair after he vowed never to get involved in robbery.
Five of the men killed with Maina were yesterday identified at the City Mortuary by their relatives. Records at the mortuary identified them as, Patrick Nzau ,Wambua Maithya, Kyalo Nguli, George Muturi and Michael Mwangi.
They all lived in Mukuru kwa Njenga slums. Nairobi DCI chief Ireri Kamwende said Maina was the gang leader, a known criminal to the police. Maina owned a lorry and 50 mabati rentals in Mukuru kwa Njenga slums.
The officers said Maina was armed with a pistol and was manning the gate as his accomplices stormed the warehouse. All the gang members were shot dead. Kamwende said investigators had yet to establish if Maina had pending criminal cases in court.