Late Laura Kwasira: Nakuru bar owner dead after being shot 5 times

A family in Nakuru is in mourning after their daughter was shot dead allegedly by a police constable in a bar after a row over a Sh13,000 bill for drinks he had consumed.

Laura Kwasira who was the owner of the bar was among four people who were shot.

The 43-year-old succumbed to injuries at the Nakuru Referal Hospital after she sustained four gunshot wounds with one penetrating to the spine.

"RIP baby sister," Grey Mwana Wa Rasoah, the deceased brother said on Facebook on Friday.

So far, two people have died from the shooting.

Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital medical superintendent, James Waweru, said the gunshot wounds had caused extensive damage to Kwasira, adding that efforts to save her life were futile.

Kwasira died two days after being shot on the early morning of December 13 in an incident where a policeman shot four staff members at Lorita Liquor House, formally known as Vegas Club.

A barmaid, Ann Maina, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, while two bouncers (private security guards) are still admitted at the hospital with bullets lodged in their bodies.

Waweru said medics had not removed a bullet that was lodged near Kwasira’s spine as they prioritised other life-saving surgeries.

“The casualties were all shot at close range, the bullets are usually very hot and they cause massive damages beyond the gunshot wounds,” he said.

He added that two bouncers, Benjamin Kote and Edwin Apungana, still had bullets in their bodies and were scheduled for surgeries once their conditions were stabilised.

The officer, Nicholas Musau, was presented before a Nakuru court on a miscellaneous application seeking to hold him at Kaptembwa police station for 21 working days, pending investigations.

He will undergo a mental assessment before his case proceeds from next week Thursday. 

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki condemned the incident saying the officer should remain in custody. 

"We have no business with such kind of officers. Let them be locked up. Wasitoke," he said.