The police have released the confession of David Mwai, the assassin hired to kill former Garissa Finance CEC Idriss Mukhtar.
Before his death at Parklands Police Station, Mwai confessed that the initial plan was to kidnap and poison Mukhtar but he later received shoot to kill orders.
The order came from Mohamud Hussein Aden who was introduced by a former schoolmate, identified as Juliet Njoki.
The two have since been arrested and are being held for planning and financing the attempted murder.
Mwai was supposed to abduct the former CEC for 3 weeks and inject him with hydrogen peroxide to induce a heart attack.
The motive behind the assassination attempt was reported to be Mukhtar's intention to raise concerns over Garissa Governor Ali Korane’s "fake" academic papers.
The confession recorded on August 28 revealed that Mwai was promised a pay of Ksh 500,000 after the completion of his task.
In a secret meeting held on July 28 at a hotel in Ngara, Mwai was provided with details of Mukhtar's car and his photo for easy tracking and was also paid a deposit of Ksh 50,000.
After three weeks, Mwai was yet to complete his mission prompting Mohamud to change the initial plan, he offered him a Ceska pistol that was used for the shooting.
The hitman was not familiar with guns and called on his friend identified as Muchiri, who knew how to shoot.
On August 19, Mwai and Muchiri got a call from Njoki notifying them the target had been spotted at a mall in Kileleshwa.
At about 9 pm, the two men walked into the hotel where the former cabinet member had been spotted and opened fire on his vehicle.
"I moved towards the car, fired one shot and I released the gun had jammed. I pulled the trigger about three more times in vain," Mwai revealed in his statement.
The two fled the scene and headed to Dandora where they hid the firearm, they then boarded a matatu back to the city to meet Njoki.
She handed the Ksh 300,000 in cash for ‘completing’ the mission.
