The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says it has started investigations after reports emerged that a 92-year-old man purchased the gun that was used in the assassination of Tom Mboya.

“The attention of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been drawn to an article in the Saturday Nation dated July 6th, 2024,” the DCI says on X (formerly Twitter). “The article reports that a 92-year-old man purchased the pistol that was used in the killing of Tom Mboya, a trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, former minister and statesman.”

“The DCI has initiated an investigation and necessary action will be taken once the investigation is complete.”

Thomas Joseph Mboya, simply known as Tom Mboya, was assassinated six years after Kenya gained independence at Government Road (now Moi Avenue) on July 5, 1969.

Nahashon Isaac Njenga would later be identified as Mboya’s killer. Prison officials announced in December that year that the convicted assassin was secretly hanged. Officials refused to disclose the date or details of the execution.

His death remains shrouded in mystery with the motive not clear, but a recent revelation has shocked the country.

One Ndwiga Kathamba Muruathika, who was part of the KANU Youth wingers representing their regions now claims that he was involved in the assassination plan.

Muruathika, now 92 years, told Saturday Nation that Mboya’s problems started from a group of politicians — mostly from Kiambu County — who envied his position.

“They organized how this man would be killed, but I was not told where the instructions came from. When they organized how to kill Mboya, I organized how I was going to escape and go home so that when he was shot, I was not there. I am the one who went for the guns at the Somali border,” Muruathika told Saturday Nation.

It is because of these new allegations that the DCI has decided to open an investigation.