Family says Late Eric Maigo Feared for His Life: ‘It Could Be Foul Play’

By Getty Soila

Posted on 30 September 2023

-Eric Maigo was anxious after securing the plum job of Acting Finance Director at The Nairobi Hospital

-His family says securing the coveted position made him a target of jealousy and attacks

-Maigo was buried on Friday, September 30, in Kisii County

The family of Eric Maigo thinks the murder of the Nairobi Hospital Finance Director was out of foul play.

The family revealed that Maigo had an imminent feeling that things would go awry before his lifeless body was found with 25 stab wounds.

Maigo’s relatives intimated that the former could have been killed due to work-related issues.

According to a video shared by a Standard Group journalist, Maigo’s uncle told mourners that the deceased expressed fears over his life shortly after his elevation to Acting Finance Director.

“He talked to me, and he told me that that place is extremely toxic. The young man had a good job at Britam…Do you want him to go to the mess at Nairobi Hospital? I am one of the people who convinced him. I didn’t know it would come to this,” he said during the Friday burial.

The family expressed hope that the culprits would be brought to justice.

Mourners view body during Eric Maigo’s burial in Kisii County. Photo/courtesy

The family further slammed the extensive media coverage of Maigo’s death, further claiming a spirited campaign to taint their son as a womanizer.

“All the lawyers here, please do not let this lie down. Please come together and build a strong case. We want to know the truth.

“He was just a junior staffer; why was his story covered like a Cabinet minister? That is a big question. We have heard, watched, and read a lot about him and we are shocked. As a family, we are still in so much pain.

We want those who published the live pictures of the suspect scaling the perimeter wall to also show us when Maigo entered his house and with whom. There is no need to lie to us because we are all learned. They should share Maigo’s last moments the same way they shared the suspect escaping,” said the deceased’s uncle, Abel Onchari.

Maigo graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2013 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and would obtain a Masters degree from the same institution a few years later.

The family eulogised Maigo as one whose deeds touched many lives despite not having a family of his own.

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