Lawyer Kyalo Mbobu shot dead along Magadi Road
By Arnold Ngure, September 9, 2025Renowned Nairobi lawyer Kyalo Mbobu has been shot dead along Magadi Road, near the junction at Galleria.
Preliminary reports indicate that the lawyer was accosted by assailants riding on a motorcycle, who opened fire on him before fleeing the scene of the crime as motorists watched in shock.
The city lawyer was driving his Land Cruiser vehicle at the time of the brazen murder, and detectives spent significant time processing the crime scene for leads, hours after the fatal shooting.
Towering legal mind
Kyalo Mbobu has been in the legal practice for 30 years and has been a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, where his contributions to criminal law have been well-documented.
Mourning the late lawyer on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, lawyer Wahome Thuku observed that Mbobu was a great lecturer of commercial law, who also authored a book on the practice of evidence.
“Kyalo Mbobu was a practitioner in commercial law and also taught and wrote widely about the Law of Evidence. He taught it so well. Mbobu was also the chairman of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal,” Thuku stated.
“This is his book on the Law and Practice of Evidence in Kenya. It’s a book on how evidence is collected, analysed, preserved, presented, and admitted in the Kenyan legal system,” he observed.
“The cover illustration would be mistaken for the very scene where he has been shot and killed this evening. Sad.”
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