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The family of Somali-American businessman Mohamed Bashir Mohamoud whose body found at a Kerugoya hospital has denied he was involved in fake currency trade.
Bashir’s body was found on Saturday last week on the banks of River Nyamidi in Kirinyaga County. It had deep panga cut wounds in the head and two bullet wounds on the head. Blood was also oozing from the mouth and nose.
An assistant chief in the area alerted police from Wanguru police station who took the body the Kerugoya Level 5 Hospital mortuary.
Through their lawyer Alibaya Hassan, the family rejected as “unfortunate speculation that has no semblance of truth” the allegations that swirled online that he was engaged in fake currency business, also known in informal lingo as wash wash.
Hassan asserted that all “the transactions that Bashir was involved in were straight forward and did not have any illegalities.”
The family also denied allegations that Bashir-who hailed from Belad Hawa in Somalia and was said to be involved in the political standoff in the country-used the proceeds of his trade to fund terror activities, including those of al Shabaab.
“Not at all,” Hassan said.
But questions persist on why and who could have murdered the 36-year-old contractor.
So who were the killers? What was the motive? Why did he leave the USA?
The lawyer said the family, which has asked for privacy, is currently focused on ensuring the man was decently buried in line with Islamic rites and after that can focus on getting justice.
“For us, burial takes precedence over everything else. Though distraught, the family is focusing on burying him and then pursue justice later.”
Bashir went missing on May 13 after he visited Miale entertainment lounge in Lavington area shortly after 5pm. CCTV footage showed him chatting with security guards and bouncers at the establishment when he arrived just before he disembarked from his black Range Rover car registration number KCQ 007P, dishing out what appeared to be Sh1,000 notes to them.
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