Lang'ata Member of Parliament (MP) Felix Odiwuor aka Jalang'o wants owners of short-term rental residential property to be vetted following a macabre series of murders.
Speaking to vloggers, Jalang'o referred to Starlet Wahu's murder while insisting that all Airbnb operators must be registered.
"Personally I have Airbnb, I have so many that is one of my biggest businesses. So the one thing we can do is to make sure all Airbnbs are registered. There are people who are running Airbnbs that are not registered and are not even under Airbnb, ni mtu tu amepata nyumba ako na marafiki zake and we don't know who these people are," Jalang'o said.
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The Lang'ata MP further said that he would table a motion in Parliament to regulate Airbnb operations in the country.
"We are taking that to Parliament. I personally will take it to Parliament, every single Airbnb must be registered, must know the owner. You can't get into Airbnb when we don't know who you are, that's it," he said.
Roysambu Airbnb
Jalang'o's sentiments came as the body of an unidentified woman was found dismembered a day after she checked into an Airbnb in Roysambu with a man who is suspected to have butchered her.
The Airbnb manager Risper Muthoni told the media that the unknown suspect had secured the room on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 3 pm.
The suspect returned the key to the rented Airbnb early on Sunday morning before he disappeared.
Muthoni said, as per the policy, once payment is made, guests are entitled to an uninterrupted stay until the scheduled check-out time.
So it was not until Sunday morning that the woman's murder was discovered after the caretaker reported finding suspicious polythene bags and a blood-soaked bed sheet on the staircase.
Confirming the incident on Sunday, January 14, Nairobi County police boss Adamson Bungei exuded confidence that the perpetrator would soon be apprehended.
