Wamburu said she came to know of her son's death through her younger son at 9 pm that day. She immediately set out to verify the information at Pangani police station.
Police claim Kevin Gitau was a hardcore criminal. The mother, however, said her second born son had quit crime and was doing the legitimate business of selling fruits and juice at City Park, Nairobi
"It all started in February when my son was reported to have snatched a phone from a certain woman. Rashid arrested him but did not take him to the police station to book him for an eventual court appearance," she recounted.
Wamburu said Gitau was held in the officer's vehicle for more than 24 hours. "It took the pressure from activists to have him be produced at Makadara courts," she said.
The court eventually released him because no statement had been recorded to link him with any such crime, she said.
"It is despicable that this man shoots our young children with such ease. Does he have children?"
Two months after the "warning", Gitau was shot dead.
"They nabbed my son at the Juja Road junction. He was waiting to cross the road. A witness told me they grabbed him by the back of his neck and handcuffed him," she said.
They dragged him to Amana petrol station and shot him multiple times, she said.
Gitau's body was buried on Saturday, April 20.
Efforts to get the area's OCPD comment on the alleged incident were unsuccessful as he did not pick calls or responded to messages.
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