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Family and colleagues demand justice for slain KU Referral Hospital employee
12th February, 2026 01:06 PM
The family and colleagues of the slain Kenyatta University Referral Hospital employee, Andrew Njagi, are appealing for justice.
Njagi was the deputy catering services manager at the hospital.
Speaking during a memorial service at the hospital, held on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, family and fellow workers called on the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to speed up the case and ensure the killers are arrested and prosecuted.
Led by the hospital chief executive, Zainab Gura, the medical fraternity joined Njagi’s family in condemning the heinous act and calling on security agencies to ensure the perpetrators are brought to book.
Gura said the hospital fraternity was looking to the investigative security arm of the government to ensure justice is served for the sake of their slain colleague and his young family.
“We urge investigators to move with speed and resolve the murder because there has been a lot of speculation and misleading propaganda,” stated Gura.
Njagi’s wife, Edith Moringo, said the deceased leaves her behind with four young children and that he was the sole breadwinner.
She also expressed fears over her safety, saying that the person who called her husband from his residence along the Eastern Bypass on the fateful Monday evening when he went missing may harm the family.
Moringo, who said she now stares at a bleak future after the killers snatched the life of her husband, said all they want for now is justice.
“I am appealing for justice to be done. I don’t know what to do now, following the brutal murder of my husband. I fear for.my life because the person who called him from his may harm me and my children and me,” lamented. the widow
A colleague ,Oludhe Martin, who chairs the staff welfare committee, dismissed claims circulating in social media platforms that Njagi’s death was linked to procurement processes, explaining that the deceased never worked in that department.
“We are deeply saddened by the manner in which one of us was removed from our midist and we urge the authorities led by the DCI to take this matter seriously, and we hope the perpetrators will be arrested and justice done,” said Dr Okudhe.
Other colleagues and friends, including Kennedy Muriuki and Sam Were, expressed similar sentiments, saying there seemed to be a tug-of-war between DCI officers in Ruiru and those in Machakos over the investigations, fearing that as a result, the matter may be swept under the carpet.
“There appears to be a push and pull between the investigating officers in Ruiru and those in Masinga, Machakos. The DCI Director General should intervene because this is a serious matter,” Muriuki reiterated.
Njagi’s death
On the night of Monday, February 2nd, 2026, Njagi received a call from someone apparently known to him and left his house along the Eastern Bypass in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
Six days later, Njagi’s lifeless body was found dumped more than 60 kilometres away, in the Masinga area of Machakos County, after frantic and futile search efforts by family, friends and colleagues.
He had multiple injuries on the hea,d apparently inflicted with blows from a blunt object. His car, with which he had left his house on the fateful night was later found abandoned in Thika, and his mobile phone has not yet been recovered.
News of the brutal murder of the 44-year-old father of four and employee of the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) was received with shock, disbelief and anger by his colleagues.
