David Wambugu, bodyguard in 2002 Kibaki accident sues
David Wambugu, 45, a former bodyguard of retired President Mwai Kibaki, at his Witima home in Othaya, Nyeri County, on May 15, 2017. He has sued seeking reinstatement and compensation. NICHOLAS KOMU | NATION
David Wambugu, 45, has been in and out of hospitals for injuries in the head, legs and back.
Then a General Service Unit officer stationed at the Kilimani Police Station in Nairobi, he had been a guard of Mr Kibaki since 1997.
Mr Wambugu says then-Nairobi Provincial Police Officer Zachary King’ori Mwangi forced him to retire for “nagging” the then-Head of State with hospital bills.
Mr Wambugu was also accused of extorting money from State House.
A bodyguard involved in a road crash with former President Mwai Kibaki has alleged in a court case that he was mistreated and forced out of the Kenya Police Service despite suffering life-threatening injuries.
Corporal David Wambugu was then-Opposition presidential candidate Kibaki’s protector at the time of the December 3, 2002 accident at the Machakos turn-off on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
