ALL AFRICA REPORT: A Catholic priest who is a younger brother to Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of Kisumu was early this week murdered in mysterious circumstances in Nairobi. Fr James Awuor Kisero was killed by armed men in Nairobi's Dandora Estate just a few days after returning home from Rome, Italy.
According to the police, the priest was attacked by a group of four men as he walked with a female companion at about 9.30pm. It remained unclear whether the motive of the attack was merely to rob the priest or not. Nairobi deputy police boss Moses Ombati said detectives from the nearby Dandora police post were informed about the attack and rushed to rescue the couple.According to police investigating the crime, the priest had boarded a matatu in town with a woman identified as Karen Odhiambo. They alighted at Stage 41 of Phase 3 in crime prone Dandora area and were on their way to the woman's house when they were attacked by the gang. Fr Kisero was stabbed in the chest while the woman sustained knife cuts on her hands. According to the police, the woman and officers from the nearby police station rushed the injured priest to Kayole clinic but doctors advised that he be transferred to Kenyatta National Hospital.
It was on their way to the Kenyatta National Hospital that the priest was pronounced dead. His body was taken to City Mortuary, but was on Tuesday removed and transferred to Montezuma Funeral Home. The body of the slain priest is expected to be flown to Kisumu today. Fr Kisero had just returned to the country from Rome where he had gone for official visit.
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