A journalist who the late Jacob Juma had linked to his murder saying he was part of assassination has now spoken up.
In one tweet prior to his death, Jacob Juma had said that Nation journalist Zadock Angira was part of a plan to first smear his name before he was killed. Now Zadock Angira has spoken up saying his association with the murder only came up because he had written an article which looked into a piece of land which according to him had been fraudulently acquired by Jacob Juma and a son of former President Moi.
“A story I wrote about a piece of land said to belong to the Horticultural Crop Development Authority but fraudulently acquired by Jacob Juma and former President Daniel Moi’s son was the genesis of claims that I was part of the team out to kill the businessman.The story was based on a National Land Commission report. On December 2, 2015, NLC placed an advert in theStandardshowing 717 titles to be revoked.Among them was a nine-acre plot bought by Sakir Properties Ltd. Records from the Registrar of Companies indicated that the firm had nine shareholders with Jacob Juma having the highest number at 400.”
The journalist in an article said that he had called Jacob Juma to get his comments on the issue and had communicated with the businessman severally on WhatsApp.
I did investigations but before the story was published, sought the comments of Juma. I sent him three documents on January 10 through WhatsApp.
He called the same night and confirmed the documents were genuine. He then requested that I don’t write the story but said he would see me the next day.
I explained why the story had to be published and promised to capture his comments, then sent him a message on WhatsApp: “I would appreciate your comment. This story is for Tuesday. Good evening.””
He says from then on the businessman attacked him accusing him of extortion and later the claims came back to assassination claims.
Source: Gafla
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