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Kenyan businessman Jacob Juma shot dead in Nairobi | Kenyan businessman Jacob Juma shot dead in Nairobi |
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A controversial and wealthy businessman has been shot dead in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. | A controversial and wealthy businessman has been shot dead in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. |
Jacob Juma was driving home from a bar to his home in an upmarket suburb on Thursday night when unknown gunmen attacked his car. | Jacob Juma was driving home from a bar to his home in an upmarket suburb on Thursday night when unknown gunmen attacked his car. |
He had been involved in several high-profile legal cases against the government over failed business deals. | |
Mr Juma had warned several months ago that there was a plot to kill him because of his outspoken views. | |
"We don't know the motive but this seems to be a pure murder," Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome is quoted by Kenya's Standard newspaper as saying. | "We don't know the motive but this seems to be a pure murder," Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome is quoted by Kenya's Standard newspaper as saying. |
The gunmen escaped on motorbikes after firing 10 shots at the vehicle. | |
Police say nothing was stolen from Mr Juma, who had mining and real estate interests, as two of his mobile phones were found in his car along with some cash. | |
The BBC's Odhiambo Joseph in Nairobi says Mr Juma successfully sued a state corporation for about $5m (£3.4m) in compensation for a breach of contract to supply 40,000 tonnes of maize in 2004. | |
He also took the government to court in 2015 for revoking his company's mining licence, saying this was because he had refused to pay an $800,000 bribe. | |
The High Court dismissed the case and Mr Juma was appealing. | |
The businessman had also been critical of the governing Jubilee Coalition about corruption and was supportive of opposition leader Raila Odinga, our reporter says. | |
He was especially outspoken about the alleged disappearance of government money raised from the sale of Eurobonds in 2014. |