The office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations has confirmed that Harambee Annex cop on duty the day Former Cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa conducted an illegal meeting in Deputy President Wiliam Ruto’s office was murdered and his suicide stage-managed.
Reports have described Kenei as a key witness in the ongoing Sh39 billion fake arms deal investigation involving former Sports CS Rashid Echesa and three others.
Sergent Kipyegon Kenei was found dead on February 20 at his house in Villa Franca Estate in Imara Daima. A post-mortem carried out on his body on February 26 revealed that he died from a single gunshot wound.
Kenei was killed by a bullet that was fired from a pistol held to his chin.
DCI George Kinoti has revealed that the impact of the single gunshot to his head could have sent him falling on the bed, instead, he was found on the floor.
George Kinoti explains how Kenei's death was staged to look like suicide pic.twitter.com/nhR1hMtv0X
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Cold-blooded murder! ~ @DCI_Kenya boss George Kinoti pic.twitter.com/f2bUH2Q82n
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Further CCTV footage shows Ex-Sports CS Rashid Echesa and other suspects were in DP Ruto’s Harambee Annex office for 1hr 22mins and not 23 mins.
Additionally, evidence has shown that the suicide note collected from his house on the day he was murdered did not bear his handwriting.
“Everything was well planned to appear like a suicide. Sending money to his family, leaving behind a suicide note and so forth but it’s a clear case of murder,” a detective privy to the ongoing investigations told the Nation.
The preliminary probe shows Kenei’s murder was planned for a long time; policeman wanted to record a statement on the fake arms deal, Kinoti says.