A former bodyguard attached to President Mwai Kibaki has revealed that he was forced out of the police service after suffering serious injuries in the infamous 2002 road accident where the former president was also injured.
In documents filed at Milimani Industrial Court, Corporal David Wambugu stated that he suffered life-threatening injuries after a Range Rover car he was travelling in along with Kibaki was involved in an accident at the Machakos turn-off on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
Wambugu, then a General Service Unit (GSU) officer stationed at Kilimani Police Station, noted that after the accident, the retired President had volunteered to settle his medical bills.
He, however, claimed that things took an ugly turn after then-Nairobi Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Zachary King’ori Mwangi called him to his office and forced him to retire.
“Former OCS Kilimani Police Station and Chief Inspector Samuel Otongo and two other police officers came to my residence at Highridge and ordered me to go to the station to see Mr Mwangi,” disclosed Wambugu.
Wambugu alleged that at Mwangi’s office, he was forced to sign an early retirement letter, failure to which he would lose his life for “nagging” the then-Head of State with hospital bills.
He added that after the incident, reports emerged that his services had been terminated for losing a gun in suspicious circumstances, which he denied.
After the turn of events, Wambugu claimed that he resorted to being a night guard at a residence in Nairobi and sold his properties to foot his medical bills.
Wambugu and the President were on their way back to Nairobi from campaign rallies in the lower eastern region but were involved in an accident that would see Kibaki sworn in while on a wheelchair.
45-year old Wambugu has since been in and out of hospitals for injuries in the head, legs and back.
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