The husband of a woman murdered alongside their daughter and niece has revealed their conversation hours before the killings that have shocked residents of Nairobi’s Eastleigh, even as a court on Monday allowed police to detain the prime suspect for 21 days.
Waris Daud, her daughter Nuseiba Dahir and her niece Amina Abdirashid went missing from their home in Eastleigh at night on October 21 only for their bodies to be discovered in separate locations the following day.
Hashim Dagane Muhamed, whom police say ferried Nuseiba and Amina from their home to a nearby mall where Waris had gone to seek treatment, is accused of killing the three.
The Makadara Law Courts on Monday granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives 21 days to detain Muhamed, who had been on the run until his arrest on Sunday.
On Monday, Abdi Mohamed, Nuseiba's father and Waris's husband, spoke at the Makadara Law Courts for the first time since the murders.
"The last time I spoke to my wife was around 7pm on the day of the murder. She told me she was going to see a doctor about some skin itching she had been experiencing. I had spoken to my daughter a few days before," Mohamed said.
The DCI filed the application seeking to detain Muhamed at Ruaraka Police Station to establish his nationality and obtain DNA samples from him. The DCI raised concerns that Muhamed was a flight risk as he went on the run after allegedly committing the crime and that the investigation could take a long time as there were three victims, hence the need for 21 days.
During his arrest on Sunday, police say they found in Muhamed’s possession, several sim cards, which he was using to communicate with the deceased persons before they went missing.
When asked whether he had anything to say about the matter, Muhamed declined.
Information from authorities indicates that Muhamed has a background in the security sector, serving as a former police officer in Ethiopia before he was sent to prison for murder. After serving his sentence, he travelled to Nairobi where he established a taxi business, mainly operating in Eastleigh and Parklands.
He, however, had an expired interim six-month driving license which he had obtained in February 2024.
It is believed that on the night that Waris Daud, her daughter Nuseiba Dahir and her niece Amina Abdirashid went missing, he ferried Nuseiba and Amina from their home in Eastleigh to a nearby mall where Waris was seeking treatment for a skin condition. The vehicle that Muhamed is said to have been driving is a Nissan Note, registration number KDQ 718Y.
According to the post-mortem examination conducted on the bodies of the three women, Nuseiba died of a blocked airway which could have been caused by smothering, there were also signs that she may have been defiled which will be confirmed from DNA samples which were collected.
Waris Daud, however, bore the brunt of the attack as she appeared to have been tortured before being killed. Her throat was slit and almost severed off and both her arms were cut off causing her to bleed to death,
Amina Abdirashid died of multiple stab injuries, one of which ultimately punctured her heart.
Her body was found dumped at Parklands, while Nuseiba’s body was discovered at Bahati in Nairobi, with Waris's being found in Machakos.
“It is very devastating. Nuseiba was my first born and Waris was my wife and I can only pray for Allah to grant peace upon their souls and that we get justice,” Mohamed stated.
