Another journalist killed in suspected hit-and-run case
Former NTV journalist Silas Apollo was killed in a road traffic accident along Valley Road in Nairobi on Thursday night, April 10, 2025.
Former NTV journalist Silas Apollo was killed in a road traffic accident along Valley Road in Nairobi on Thursday night, April 10, 2025.
By Sunday, April 13, 2025, details remained scanty, but police records indicate the journalist was not immediately identified, and the driver of the vehicle that hit him also did not stop at the scene, with the case only initially reported as “unknown person hit by unknown vehicle”.
Instead, police say, the motorist involved in the hit-and-run accident drove all the way to Lang’ata police station, where he reported that he had hit a dog within the Kilimani area. The officers at Lang’ata contacted their Kilimani counterparts, who confirmed that a middle-aged man had been killed. They then detained the driver and the vehicle.
“The vehicle was detained and inspected. The driver was released on a cash bail,” police headquarters said.
At the time of his death, Apollo was a reporter with The Nairobi Law Monthly. Over 20 journalists have died in road accidents in the last five years, including veteran journalist Ken Walibora.
In July last year, two radio presenters died on the spot following a road accident involving a motorcycle and a saloon car at Riandira Trading Centre along the busy Sagana-Makutano highway in Kirinyaga County.
Stephen Waigwa and Caroline Nyarwai Kamunya, both of Radio Thome, were headed home from Kutus town, where the radio station staff was having anniversary celebrations to mark four years since the station went on air.
“We spent the day in a very jovial way, where our listeners had joined us to celebrate four years of our existence, and in the evening, the two left early, as they were going to church for evening prayers, only to receive a call later that they had an accident,” Mwangi wa Wangu, the head of Radio Thome, said. Risky roads.
On January 26 last year, Dickens Wasonga, a journalist with The Star newspaper, also died in a road accident in Kisumu. Wasonga, the then chairperson of Kisumu Journalists Network, was driving alone when he rammed into a trailer along the Mamboleo highway along the Kakamega-Kisumu road, and he died on the spot.
Other journalists who have lost their lives in road accidents include former Nation Media Group editor Dan Otieno, who was also killed in a grisly accident at Uthiru on November 9, 2020. Otieno was hit by an unknown vehicle around 9 pm as he was crossing the road, but the driver did not stop. At the time of his death, he was working for a public relations (PR) firm in Westlands.
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Otieno died just a few hours after another former Nation journalist, Maurice Juma Kaluoch, died. At the time of his death, Kaluoch was the director of communication in Homa Bay County.
On April 10, 2020, renowned author and journalist Ken Walioula Walibora was killed in an accident along Landhies Road, Nairobi. The death of Walibora, 56, was, however, only discovered four days later when his body was found at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). Walibora, a linguist, was a polished broadcaster and prolific writer whose literary works will continue to inspire future generations.
According to the police, the accident happened at around 9.20 am when he was hit by a Double M bus, registration number KBR 949S. He sustained serious head injuries, according to the autopsy.
On March 1,6 the same year, Christine Omulando, 46, a sub-editor at the NMG’s The EastAfrican, was also killed in an accident at Nairobi’s Khoja Mosque roundabout.
The death was discovered four days later when the body was found at the mortuary. According to police records, the journalist was killed when a matatu driver lost control and veered of the road, hitting her.
She died on the spot. Two weeks before the death of Omulando, NTV news producer Raphael Nzioki was also killed in a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Kenyatta Avenue and Kimathi Street. Former NMG online editor Anthony Kariuki was also killed in an accident along Outering Road in Nairobi.
At the time of his death, Kariuki was working at the office of the then Deputy President, William Ruto. He was hit by a tourist van as he crossed the road to his Buruburu residence at night.
In December 2018, a former Nation Media Group writer, Casper Waithaka, also died in a road accident along Mombasa Road. At the time of his death, Waithaka was a communications officer at the East African Portland Cement.
Three weeks later, one of the Nations Information Technology (IT) staff, Winston Mogere, also died in a road accident.
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