DCI probes alleged purchase of pistol used in Tom Mboya’s assassination

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has launched investigations following reports that a 92 year old man allegedly  purchased the pistol used in the assassination of Tom Mboya.

In post on X, the DCI said action will be taken once the investigation is complete.

“The attention of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been drawn to an article that a 92-year-old man purchased the pistol that was used in the killing of Tom Mboya, a trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, former minister and statesman,” stated the DCI.

“The DCI has initiated an investigation and necessary action will be taken once the investigation is complete.”

Tom Mboya, a key figure in Kenya’s struggle for independence and its post-colonial government, was assassinated on July 5, 1969.

At the age of 30, Mboya was a founding member of the Kenya Africa National Union (KANU).

He served as the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in the first administration of Jomo Kenyatta and later as the Minister of Economic Planning and Development.