'Never met or worked together,' John Allan Namu refutes claims he was working with Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif

With news of his death sending shockwaves across the globe, unconfirmed reports started emerging that Mr Sharif was in Kenya to film a major global corruption exposé together with the award-winning Kenyan journalist and co-founder of Africa Uncensored, an independent media house.

Mr Namu took to Twitter to condole with the family of Mr Sharif but also to set the record straight on their alleged partnership.

Twitter user Mir_shavkat tweeted "If anyone has any doubt why he went to Kenya , let me elucidate he was there for to expose the corrupt, corruption of PDM, BAJWA. He was working on the project behind the close doors with Kenya based journalist @johnallannamu..."

It was at this point that Mr Namu replied "This is incorrect."

Namu had also been forced to set the record straight on another tweet that linked the two after appearing on a documentary together.

The tweet read; "Arshad Sharif was working on an explosive investigative documentary on the corruption, titled as "Behind Closed Doors". The documentary featured Kenyan investigative reporter @johnallannamu, which may explain why #ArshadSharif may have travelled to #Kenya."

To which Mr Namu replied; "I am sorry to hear about Arshad's death. I was interviewed for the documentary but he and I never met or worked together."

Sharif's friends and colleagues have shared different sentiments online mourning the death of their loved one.