28/07/2026
Hashim Dagane Muhumed: The Fugitive Killer Who Allegedly Built a Cross-Border Identity Before the Eastleigh Triple Murder
Hashim Dagane Muhumed, also known by the alias Hashim Mohammed Khalif, is a 24-year-old man originally from Ethiopia’s Somali Region whose alleged criminal trail stretches across Ethiopia, Somalia, Turkey, and Kenya.
According to court records, security investigations, and prosecution submissions, Dagane built an elaborate web of false identities and forged documents that enabled him to evade law enforcement while moving across East Africa.
Investigators say he was once recruited as a regional police officer in Ethiopia. However, his law enforcement career came to an abrupt end after he was arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for murdering his wife. Authorities say he later escaped from prison and fled Ethiopia.
Following his escape, Dagane allegedly began constructing a new identity. Court and bail assessment documents indicate that he obtained a Somali passport in February 2022 under the name Hashim Mohammed Khalif, travelled through Somalia, and worked briefly in Turkey before eventually entering Kenya.
Kenyan investigators say he illegally acquired a Kenyan National Identity Card in June 2023 under the name Hashim Dagane Muhumed, falsely claiming to originate from Garissa County.
Living in Nairobi’s Eastleigh and Parklands neighbourhoods, Dagane reportedly presented himself as a trusted taxi driver operating a silver Nissan Note, registration KDQ 718Y, becoming well known among residents.
That reputation would later become central to one of Kenya’s most disturbing homicide investigations.
On the evening of October 21, 2024, 38-year-old Dahabo Waris fell ill and needed transportation to a nearby health facility. Because Dagane was a familiar and trusted driver within the Eastleigh community, her family contacted him for assistance.
At approximately 9:00 p.m., he arrived outside the family’s apartment in the silver Nissan Note. Dahabo entered the vehicle alone, believing she was being taken to hospital.
Instead, investigators say Dagane drove her out of Nairobi toward Machakos County.
Phone records and CCTV footage later captured the vehicle stopping at a TotalEnergies service station in Athi River at 11:49 p.m. Detectives believe Dahabo was isolated, assaulted, and murdered during this journey before her body was abandoned in a thicket at Kyumbi.
A post-mortem later established that she died from a deep cut to the throat, while her body also bore extensive mutilation.
Investigators say Dagane then returned to Eastleigh.
At 1:03 a.m., CCTV footage allegedly captured Dahabo’s 23-year-old daughter, Amina Abdirashid Dhahir, and 12-year-old niece, Nusayba Abdi Mohammed, leaving the apartment and entering the same Nissan Note.
The two had reportedly been told their mother’s condition had worsened and believed they were being taken to the hospital.
Instead, prosecutors say they were abducted.
According to investigators, Dagane locked the vehicle’s doors and drove the pair to a secluded location while holding them captive. During the journey, ransom calls demanding KSh1 million were allegedly made to the family.
The ransom was never paid.
Police believe Dagane later transported the two victims to an apartment building on Fifth Avenue in Parklands.
Because both girls personally knew him as their neighbourhood driver, investigators believe releasing them would have exposed his identity.
Inside the apartment, prosecutors allege both victims were fatally stabbed. Amina’s hands were severed in what investigators believe was an attempt to hinder identification.
At around 4:00 a.m., CCTV cameras allegedly captured Dagane abandoning the bloodstained Nissan Note near Wakulima Market before disappearing.
The murders would soon trigger a massive police investigation.
Early on October 22, 2024, a livestock herder discovered the body of Dahabo in Machakos County. Without identification documents, police initially treated the case as that of an unidentified homicide victim.
Later that morning, passersby discovered the bodies of Amina and Nusayba hidden in undergrowth along Fifth Avenue in Parklands and alerted authorities.
Meanwhile, traffic police and members of the public noticed the abandoned Nissan Note near Wakulima Market in Nairobi’s Central Business District.
Inside the vehicle, detectives found extensive bloodstains and signs of a violent struggle.
Forensic investigators from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) processed the vehicle extensively.
DNA profiles generated from blood recovered inside the cabin matched Dahabo, Amina, and Nusayba, confirming that all three victims had been injured while inside the vehicle.
Fingerprint analysis conducted on the steering wheel, gear lever, and rearview mirror allegedly matched Hashim Dagane Muhumed’s biometric records held by the National Registration Bureau.
Investigators also recovered adhesive tape, plastic zip ties, and personal belongings belonging to the victims. Fibre analysis reportedly linked evidence recovered from the vehicle to materials found on the victims.
As investigators reconstructed Dagane’s movements, another disturbing allegation emerged.
According to the DCI, another woman was allegedly abducted by Dagane on the very same day.
Unlike the Eastleigh family, her relatives reportedly transferred KSh1 million into an Ethiopian bank account provided by the suspect.
After confirming receipt of the funds, investigators say Dagane released her alive.
Police now consider the survivor a crucial witness in the wider investigation into what they believe was an organised kidnapping-for-ransom operation.
Following the triple murders, detectives say Dagane implemented numerous counter-surveillance measures to evade capture.
Investigators allege he immediately switched off his primary mobile phones, frequently changed SIM cards, relied on multiple telephone numbers, and used forged identity documents while moving between temporary safe houses across Nairobi.
Those measures reportedly delayed his arrest for nearly two weeks.
Court documents further allege that between October 29 and 30, 2024, Dagane stayed at a short-stay apartment at Valley Heights Apartments in Lavington.
During that period, prosecutors say his girlfriend, Deka, discovered his involvement in the Eastleigh murders.
According to the prosecution, led by Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Gikui Gichui, Dagane allegedly murdered her to prevent her from exposing his whereabouts.
Court submissions further allege that he dismembered her body, boiled some of the remains in an attempt to destroy forensic evidence, placed them inside black plastic bags, and dumped them near Lang’ata Cemetery.
On November 1, 2024, the same day DCI officers tracked and arrested Dagane in Kamukunji, police recovered the discarded remains.
Investigators said some bones were believed to have been scattered by wild animals from the neighbouring Nairobi National Park.
Following his arrest, Kenyan investigators working with Ethiopian authorities allegedly confirmed that Dagane was a fugitive who had escaped from prison in Ethiopia after serving a sentence for the murder of one of his wives.
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