Nairobi Businessman Found Dead After Wife Refused to Guarantee a Sh2 Billion Loan

Police in Nairobi are investigating the mysterious death of a 50-year-old businessman who was found dead at his home in Karen on Monday morning.

Francis Kiambi Kiriro was discovered dead following an argument with his wife Mary Waigwe Muthoni, according to a police report on the incident.

Muthoni, who reported her husband’s death, told police that they came back home at around midnight after spending time at an entertainment joint at Karen shopping centre.

The couple then got into an argument after the wife allegedly declined to be her husband’s guarantor in securing a Sh2 billion loan he was seeking to open a business.

After the disagreement, the two reportedly went to sleep in different rooms, only for Kiambi to be found dead with vomit on his bedside.

“They each spent the night in different rooms and the deceased never woke up since then, but could be heard snoring throughout the day and night and had vomited in his bedroom. It was until today at around 0600hrs when she went to check on the deceased and she found him lying dead on his bed with some vomits beside the bed,” reads the police report.

They called a doctor from the Karen Hospital who confirmed the death at around 9 a.m.

Police who visited the businessman’s home said his body had no visible injuries. The body was moved to Lee Funeral Home awaiting postmortem.

Kiambi, an established businessman, previously vied for the Tharaka Nithi County senatorial seat but was unsuccessful.