High Court Stops Body Exhumation of Kianjokoma Brothers
Nairobi High court through the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Wednesday 1st September rejected an application by six police officers linked to the deaths of two Kianjokoma brothers, to have their bodies exhumed.
Christine Juma 
The high court argued that exhumation of the bodies will create mental torture and disturbance to the family members who are in the healing process of losing their loved ones.
Justice Weldon Korir also declined to bar the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) from charging the six accused police officers on Wednesday.
On Thursday, August 26th the six suspects had applied to the Milimani Law Courts, through their lawyer Danstan Omari, seeking suspension of the prosecution to allow for fresh probing and postmortem.
“We want an inquest into the brothers’ deaths conducted before the suspects are formally charged. As a result, we are asking the court to issue an exhumation order and allow for fresh postmortem,” Omari said.
However, the six suspects in the murder of two brothers, Benson Njiru and Emmanuel Mutura are set to be produced in court today on 2nd (Thursday) September to take a plea.
The six accused officers are Corporal Consolota Njeri, Corporal Benson Mbuthia, Constable Lilian Cherono, Constable Martin Wanyama, Constable Nicholas Sang, and Constable James Mwaniki (driver).
