Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale is among the many Kenyans affected by the Dusit D2 Riverside terror attack.
Boni took to Twitter to report that his daughter was among the victims trapped in the Dusit D2 complex which is under attack.
“Am on the scene of the terrorist attack in Chiromo, My daughter is trapped in the building under attack,” He tweeted.
Khalwale told Kenyans.co.ke that his daughter, who works at CRA, was still trapped inside the building with ten of her other co-workers.
“She works at CRA. She is trapped in there with ten of her co-workers,” Boni revealed.
He disclosed that he had not been in communication with his daughter and therefore did not have any updates about her.
“She is still trapped inside there with her co-workers, that is all I know right now” Khalwale noted.
The CRA offices where Khalwale’s daughters worked are on the 7th floor, the top-most of the Dusit D2 complex.
At the time of publishing this article, evacuation operations were still underway to rescue victims who were trapped inside the complex and the adjacent buildings.
During his 8pm address, Inspector General Joseph Boinnet revealed that they had managed to secure six out of the seven floors of the building.
Update
3:27am Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale confirmed that his daughter was among those who had been evacuated from 14 Riverside.
"I thank the GSU Commandant Mr Kanja, the rescue operations commander, Mike Lekaleile (OCS Muthangari) and the rest of the security forces for saving the hostages. Islamic fundamentalism has no place in the modern world and must be defeated," Khalwale stated.
