"Why Do people kill" Here are KBC journalist Betty Barasa Last Words to a friend before she was brutally Murdered

A Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) journalist was on Wednesday evening accosted by armed gunmen and shot dead at her home in Ololua area, Ngong.

Betty Barasa, a senior video editor at the State broadcaster, was reportedly accosted at her gate as she returned home from work.

The three gunmen, two of whom are said to have been armed with AK47 rifles, led Barasa into the house where they held her family hostage and demanded money.

One of the gang members is then said to have led the journalist upstairs while the other two remained to keep an eye on the other family members.

The family recalls hearing at least two gunshots coming from upstairs afterward, before the gunman came back down the stairs.

The thugs then picked Barasa’s laptop and phone and left the compound.

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have since been dispatched to the scene to probe the crime

Here is what a friend shared

Yesterday morning just before 9, | was having my

shoes cleaned near Kenya Comfort hotel. She saw

me, said hello and waited. We walked to BH together

discussing the incident where a police constable had

killed his wife before turning the gun on himself.

Betty Barasa was at a loss asking me, "HM why do

people kill” the debate veered to mental health issues

in marriages before we settled in our respective

offices. Later in the day She popped into our office

said hello to everyone and disappeared just as she

had come. At around 9:30 last night | received a call

from a senior Newspaper journalist... "Do you know

Betty? What does she do? She has been shot dead at

her home in Ngong by Thugs!..... | was devastated

especially after remembering our conversation in the

morning. A Gracious lady, selfless and kind. My heart

goes to the family, may God comfort you. Rest well

Betty, Rest. It's well.