6 Police Officers in Court Facing Murder-Related Charges for the Kianjokoma Brothers
Six police officers implicated in the death of two Kianjokoma brothers have been arraigned in Milimani Law Courts to face murder-related charges.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
The officers are however seeking more time to continue detaining the accused cops until the investigation is over.
The 6 officers were arrested last night in Embu and escorted to Internal Affairs Unit Nairobi for investigations and prosecution.
Embu county police Commander Kimani Wamitungo confirmed that the night arrest happened at around 4 am. The six arrested are 2 corporals, 3 constables, and one driver.
According to the commander, the six were on duty when the incident happened, and that they will be subjected to further questioning by internal affairs and IPOA.
Yesterday the DPP Noordin Haji directed the Inspector General of police to arrest all the six officers suspected to have been involved in the murder of the two brothers.
The DPP said the action was to ensure the officers do not interfere with evidence or intimidate the witnesses.
Haji condemned the killings which he said not only attracted considerable public anger but equally drawn the attention of ODPP.
Preliminary investigations indicate that six police officers from the Manyatta police station could have been involved in the brutal killing of the two brothers.
Police in Manyatta police station however claimed that the two jumped out of a fast-moving police vehicle to evade arrest.
Eyewitnesses discounted the police versions of the circumstances leading to the death of two brothers.
One of the witnesses that has recorded his statement and also spoke to People Daily said Emmanuel Mutura 19 was the first to be arrested.
The officers started assaulting him, prompting his elder brother Benson Ndwiga to rush for his rescue, according to the witness.
They had hit him on the head and was lying unconscious. One officer then hit Benson Ndwiga and he fell to the ground. “It appeared as they assaulted him in order to silence him as he had witnessed his younger brother seriously beaten,” he said.
After being assaulted, the two were put on the front seat of the police pickup and they drove towards Manyatta police station.
