Security expert Mwenda Mbijiwe vanished with a man who had been cautioned to avoid Nairobi because of his criminal history and many court cases. The Nation can now confirm that because of his criminal history, he even fled the city for three months to live in his rural house in Trans Nzoia County before returning clandestinely.
Mr. Mathew Muhatia Namasaka, who had a case involving a robbery with violence, was on bond when he vanished alongside Mr. Mbijiwe, with whom he had a close friendship.
That is not all, though. At his rural Bungoma Town home in Bungoma County, Mr. George Makesi Osanya, who was charged with robbery with violence alongside Mr. Namasaka, was laid to rest on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The cause of Mr. Makesi's death was not immediately clear to The Nation, but a family source claimed that he had complained of chest pains before being brought to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), where he was later declared dead.
"This weekend, we buried my brother, who was working odd jobs in Nairobi. Before passing away, he only complained of chest pains, according to Ms. Sefa Makesi, the deceased's sister.
While battling a legal battle in which he was accused of obtaining Sh150,000 from a guy falsely by feigning to be in a position to secure employment at the UN, Mr. Mbijiwe himself vanished (UN).
The complainant, Mr. Fadhili Abdi Mohamed, said that Mr. Mbijiwe, a former commander of the Air Defence Control Unit of the Kenyan Air Force, had requested the money by promising to find work for his sister, Ms. Shamso Abdirahman, at the UN.
He appeared before Magistrate Martha Mutuku at the Milimani Law Courts on June 17, 2019, and entered a not guilty plea to the accusations. On a monetary bond of Sh50,000, he was released.
On June 11, 2021, Mr. Mbijiwe took a self-driver to the Kawangware estate's Congo section, where he spent some time with Mr. Namasaka (the man he disappeared with who was also his driver and bouncer).
Mr. Namasaka, whose disappearance has not received as much public coverage as Mr. Mbijiwe's, resided here with his wife, Ms. Cynthia Salome, and one son.
When asked about Mr. Namasaka and Mr. Mbijiwe's close friendship, friends and family who spoke to this reporter indicated they had strong relationships and collaborated. But following the disappearance, only the latter received significant public attention.
He worked as a bouncer and Mr. Mbijiwe's driver; the two were good friends and frequently spent out together, according to a close acquaintance who knew the two but requested anonymity owing to the delicate nature of the situation.
In an interview with Ms. Salome, who has since claimed that life has been difficult since her husband vanished, The Nation said that he welcomed Mr. Mbijiwe to their home where he briefly conversed with her spouse. She wasn't very interested in what they discussed, but when the security expert was leaving the house, he told her that on June 12, 2021.
When asked if she was aware that her husband, Mr. Namasaka, had ever been detained or involved in any criminal activity, Ms. Salome replied he had once been taken to court, but when she asked him what had happened, he stated he had been discovered in possession of an Identification Card that wasn't his.
Detectives tracked the car they were using to Mai Mahiu in Nakuru County, but the story of their journey to Meru County, where Mr. Mbijiwe had run for governor, remains a mystery. Later, it was transported to Kiambu County's Tigon Police Station. It is important to note that when traveling from Nairobi County to Meru, one does not pass through Mahi Mahiu.
However, Mr. Mbijiwe had also told his mother that he would be leaving that day and asked her to prepare Mukimo for dinner. Mr. Mbijiwe also served as the CEO of a security firm. "I knew Mr. Mbijiwe so well, and when he arrived here, he told me that he was going to go with my husband the next day to his rural home. They frequently did things like this, so I never imagined it would be one of the last times I ever saw him," Ms. Salome said, adding that Mr. Mbijiwe had promised to take her family with him and his family to Dubai in December 2021.
When asked if she was aware of Mr. Mbijiwe's or his residence. He explained, "I went ahead and gave the title document in the hopes that my brother would prove his innocence.
When asked if he had ever left the city for Transzoia, his brother said that he had spent three months there before coming back to the city. Mr. Namasaka also had a second wife who gave birth to a total of 12 children back in his country house.
The family also disclosed that they have been receiving calls from two other women who are also thought to have been romantically involved with Mr. Namasaka. These women have been pleading with the family for money, saying they have information that he has been found in Malindi.
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