Fr. Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku. |
According to a report my Opera News, a catholic priest, who served as a parish priest St. Peter’s Church in Ruai has been reported dead after being unconscious in a hotel in Murang’a County.
According
to a police report, Fr. Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku, 43, checked into the hotel on
Friday night accompanied by a 32-year-old female.
The
report says that “One Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku a k/m/a aged 43yrs old, a Catholic
priest at Archdiocese of Nairobi and a farmer at Mangu area checked in at the
said hotel together with his girlfriend who also happens to be her colleague at
the workplace in Ruai,” it read in part.
Around
8 am on Saturday, the lady is said to have notified the hotel’s management that
Kariuki was getting dizzy and unconscious, which prompted a visit to a nearby
hospital.
“They
then rushed him to Kenol hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival while
still aboard his motor vehicle Toyota Harrier black in colour,” the report
further read.
Police
say that Fr. Karuki’s body was found half-covered with a hotel bed sheet and
white foam oozed from the mouth and nose.
The
body has been moved to Mater Hospital mortuary in Nairobi pending autopsy and
further police action.
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