Driver of Ex- KDF Man Mbijiwe Who Disappeared Also Reported Missing

Matthew Muhatia Namasaka, the driver of former KDF officer, Mwenda Mbijiwe who disappeared on June 12, is also reportedly missing.

According to his family, the 49-year-old Kitale native also disappeared on the same date as his boss, Mbijiwe, but it remains a mystery if the two went missing under the same circumstances.

According to Muhatia's wife, Cynthia Salome Watai, the two men were close friends with Mbijiwe even spending a night at Muhatia's rural home in December 2020.

Salome Watai, wife of missing driver Matthew Muhatia/ The Standard

The day before both men went missing, Mbijiwe had visited Muhatia at his Kawangware home and spent an hour talking to the 49-year-old driver.

The next day, Muhatia left his home in a hired Toyota Fielder at 5 am having been woken by a call from Mbjiwe at around 4.45 am.

Donned in a checked blue shirt with a matching pair of trousers, Muhatia did not explain to his wife the purpose of the early morning assignment.

He however promised to be back in the evening.

At around 11 am, Muhatia called his wife and she heard Mbijiwe's voice in the background. He assured her that they were okay and sent her money for supper.

Muhatia never made it back home. On 18th June, Salome filed a missing person's report at Muthangari Police Station.

The Toyota Fielder Muhatia was driving was later found abandoned along Mai Mahiu road.

Mwenda Mbijiwe's family has however denied that Muhatia was a friend to the ex-soldier.

A relative of the missing ex-soldier told a local media house that Muhatia was a DCI officer who used to get to Mbijiwe.

Mwenda Mbijiwe was reported missing on June 14th after failing to make it to his parent's home in Meru.

The security consultant had called his mother on the fateful Saturday to inform her that he was on his way home and asked her to prepare him a meal.

His family reported that Mbijiwe was on his way from Nairobi in the early hours of Saturday night when he vanished.

“He was driving a hired vehicle. We are yet to ascertain which car hire company had leased the vehicle to him,” his sister Tamara told the media.

His phone signal was last traced to Thika town in Kiambu.