Former president Mwai Kibaki was involved in a grisly road accident back in December 2002 at the Machakos Turn-off along Mombasa Road.
The accident occurred when Kibaki, his then bodyguard David Wambugu and the driver were from campaigns in Mwingi and Kitui.
That was the last day that Wambugu served as Kibaki’s aide after working for him since 1996.
“We separated with him when we were almost dying in that Machakos hole while in the same car, a Range Rover KAH016G. That was during the 2002 campaign. We were from Mwingi, we had spent a night at Dr. Musila’s place(former Kitui senator), he had invited us,” Wambugu recalled.
On the fateful day, the former GSU officer said that Kibaki began his campaigns from Mwingi towards Kitui. On their way to Nairobi, it was drizzling when they reached Machakos turn-off it was drizzling.
“There were drizzles, there were two people crossing the road, they were the ones who obstructed us, there was no foul play as people think, it was just an accident like any other,” Wambugu said.
Their car hit the two people, who died on the spot, the vehicle lost control and began rolling as it crossed to the other side of the road.
“By good luck, there were no buses passing as our vehicle rolled. On the other side, we hit an electric pole, we thought that the vehicle would stop moments later we fell in a ditch,” Wambugu recounted.
As they were falling in the ditch, Kibaki talked to Wambugu telling them they were dead in their native language but he held him tightly before he lost consciousness.
They were taken to Nairobi hospital for medical attention and Kibaki was later flown abroad to seek further medical attention.
Wambugu was later dismissed involuntarily from the military at the age of 30 years because of the impact he had suffered from the accident.
He still has a pending bill of Kshs 200,000 at the Nairobi Hospital, which Kibaki had ordered to be cleared but the officials in the National Police Service withheld the payment. He also sued the state over being fired unfairly.
Wambugu began working for Kibaki after the latter requested a bodyguard from his native land. He began working at the military at the age of 19 years. Currently he hustles to make ends meet and still seeks medical attention.
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