Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud 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 Sh. 1,000 notes to them.
The footage also showed that past 6.30pm shortly after he drove off the joint, his car was obstructed by another, causing a traffic snarl up on the road as passersby crowded to see what was going on.
It was not clear what was happening to him as this part was not captured by the surveillance footage.
During that hour, Bashir is said to have contacted his wife, but the call was interrupted and his phone taken from him in what is presumed to have been a scuffle. The family believes it was then switched off immediately as they’ve since not been able to reach him.
However, data from a leading telco shows his [phone] was last [traced] on Ngong Road, according to Nairobi Regional Commander Augustine Thumbi. His vehicle was found burnt to a shell at a thicket in Kibiku, Ngong’ area of Kajiado County.
Bashir’s car was traced to Ngong Road then Kibiku by a Range Rover dealer. The dealer reported that the car was burning and contacted officers from Kibiku Police Post and Ngong Police Station. By the time the officers got to the scene, the car had been badly burnt, leaving a shell. However, before his relatives could get to the scene, the shell disappeared.
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Reports say that 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.
Bashir has been living with his wife in Nairobi’s Lavington area. He has been executing contracts for state and private projects in Nairobi, Nyeri and Kisumu counties. Yesterday, the the family of the Somali-American businessman denied he was involved in fake currency trade. 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.