The mother of two brothers, who are prime suspects in a daring robbery of Sh50 Million from KCB bank, has spoken out, revealing previously unknown information on her sons.
The two, Halford Munene Murakaru, 32 and his brother Charles Mwangi Murakaru, 30, were this week arraigned in court along with one more person in connection with the robbery.
They are suspected to have dug a 30-metre tunnel to access the vaults of the Bank's Thika branch and made away with the Sh50 Million.
The brothers' mother, Esther Nyaguthii, revealed that the two are both Engineering Graduates who were brought up in Karura Village, Mathira.
Mr Munene is an electrical and electronics engineering graduate while his brother, Mr Mwangi, has a degree in agricultural engineering.
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Records show that Mwangi was the number one student in Karura Primary School in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam of 2001, scoring 409 marks. He was admitted to Nyeri High School.
According to their mother, the brothers were introverts who spent most of their time together studying.
Munene also performed well in his exams and was admitted to Nyeri High School. Their parents faced the challenge of paying school fees on time.
Mrs Nyaguthii states: “When Mwangi was admitted to Nyeri High I was worried because I did not have the money. I decided to sell our only cow and then borrow from neighbours and friends.
“It was a struggle, walking for close to six hours, but my boys were very intelligent and I knew I had to give them the best education possible,” she continued.
Their father, Titus Githui, stated that he was not surprised by what had happened as Kenyans had glorified theft.
“How do you tell your children not to do these things when senior government officials engage in blatant theft and get away with it?” he posed.
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