In a rare coincidence, as police were taking Nairobi lawyer Assa Nyakundi into custody on Sunday night after he killed his son, they were arresting one of his clients, Mr James Ng’ang’a, who has now been charged with threatening journalist Linus Kaikai and released on a Ksh 200,000 bond.
Mr Nyakundi has a Master of Laws graduate from the University of Nairobi and boasts of a career that many advocates can only dream of.
When detectives visited his house and did a thorough search in the master bedroom, inside a safe, they found one pistol- make sig saver 357, two empty magazines, 285 rounds of 9mm, 47 rounds of 357mm and 139 rounds of 12 gauge ammunition.
The officers also found a black holster, firearms certificate in the names of Kibagendi Assa Michael Nyakundi and a mutilated civilian firearm in the names of Kibagendi A.M. Nyakundi.
In an adjacent room in the house used as a library, police also found one shot gun rifle serial number T024641 hidden at a shoe rack. They said the firearm certificate and the civilian firearm certificate have been forwarded to Firearms Licensing Board for verification.
They also said Nyakundi’s motor vehicle, a Toyota Axio, registration number KCE 753B was subjected to ballistic examinations on by officers from DCI.
Mr Nyakundi was admitted to Nairobi hospital “under police guard after suffering blood pressure complications while in police custody,” the police communication said.
His son Joseph’s body is still at the Aga Khan hospital mortuary awaiting a postmortem examination, the police said.
They also said Nyakundi’s motor vehicle, a Toyota Axio, registration number KCE 753B was subjected to ballistic examinations on by officers from DCI.
The officers said they recovered one spent cartridge of 9mm calibre under the mat of the front passenger seat and a bullet head of the same calibre was found inside the boot of the car.
There were bloodstains found on the upper left side of the back seat with a bullet hole visible about six inches from the stain on the backrest of the seat.
Authorities have said they were also dusting for prints and samples for forensic examinations were collected.