Cortec Mining Kenya Ltd, Kenya, Cortec SA, Cortec Uk, Stirling, UK, Pacific Wildcat Resources Corp., Canada, USA, Rio Tinto, Australia, First Western, UK…Courtesy/Twitter handle
According to a report filed in the Occurrence Book at the Karen Police Station police has said that he was blocked and shot several times, but nothing was stolen from him.
The Country Director of Cortec Mining, Juma, was a fierce critic of the Jubilee administration terming it as one of the most corrupt regimes. He was known for courting controversy on various issues on his Twitter handle when commenting on topical issues of the day.
Juma’s killing was among trending topics on Twitter Friday morning, with Kenyans urging authorities to thoroughly investigate and prosecute those responsible.
“Whoever killed Jacob Juma will never be happy. It’s a curse to take the sacred life of another human being,” lawyer Dr Ekuru Aukot tweeted.
Lawyer Ahmednassir Abdulahi tweeted “I can confirm that Jacob Juma was killed last night with 10 bullets to his body…what a tragedy”