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On the fateful day before Manyara died, a report was received at Ruaraka Police Station at around 10pm, according to police constable Jonathan Chivatsi, who was manning the report office.
The report stated that a man had threatened by serious danger to kill his child at Baba Dogo estate, Nairobi, and requires immediate assistance.Corporal Boniface Otieno, the duty officer at the station, and two other officers, left the station in response to the distress call they had received from the resident
They returned to the station after arresting Mr Manyara.
But Mr Manyara refused to enter the cells, prompting the officers to inform the OCS, who at the time was at the police canteen situated within the station.
The OCS, armed with a metal rod, started landing blows on a helpless Manyara.
The Ruaraka police station report desk was busy that day; Just then Mr Victor Kioko was brought in on allegations that he had refused to settle a bill for drinks taken at Lexx Bar, also in Ruaraka.
In the hearing, the court heard that Mr Kioko was escorted to the station by two staff members of the bar, identified as Doreen and Abu.
At the report desk, he found the OCS, armed with a metal pipe, landing blows on a helpless Manyara.
He identified the OCS because he knew him from past engagements and called out his name.
On hearing his name called out, the police boss made a swift turn, punched Mr Kioko in the face and, using the metal rod, landed several strikes on him.
Mr Kioko fell to the floor. On the orders of the OCS, he was dragged into the cells.
Meanwhile, the OCS resumed beating Mr Manyara and, at some point, lifted him and immersed his head in a drum of water, nearly drowning him.
Eventually, the victim was dragged into the cell, where he lay flat, unable to move a limb for the entire night.
Lying on the cold floor with wet clothes, his face was swollen and blood was streaming from parts of his torso.
There were other detainees in the cell. They told IPOA investigators that Mr Manyara was left in the cell, snoring but motionless, as they walked out to have breakfast the following day.
Later, at around 11am, a police vehicle arrived from Kariobangi Police Station and he was later taken to Kenyatta National Hospital but died hours later. He had a swollen face, deep cuts, and his wife could barely recognise him, the court heard.
In his defence, Mutua admitted ordering Koome to be placed in the cells even he was visibly drunk.
Asked why he sent a drunk person in a cell with other suspects, Mr Mutua said Ruaraka station had only one cell.
But Mutua denied that he violated the Police Service Standing Orders.
The case has been adjourned to December 20 when a probation report and victim impact statement will be filed in court.
Mr Kioko, who too was hurting from injuries inflicted on him the previous night, was taken by police to Neema Hospital in Kasarani, but not before the OCS ordered all detainees to wash the cell, and in particular, wipe out the blood on the floor.