This archive report was first published on 2 September 2021.
Published on September 2, 2021, six police officers were charged with the murder of two Embu brothers.
The officers, Corporal Benson Mbuthia, Corporal Consolata Kariuki, Constables Nicholas Sang Cheruiyot, Martin Msamali Wanyama, Lilian Cherono Chemuna, and James Mwaniki, denied the charges before Justice Daniel Ogembo at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
The brothers, Benson Njiru, 22, and Emmanuel Mutua, 19, were arrested on August 1 and their bodies were found dumped in a mortuary on August 3.
The court dismissed an application by the officers' lawyers to have them tried under a public inquest and ordered them to take plea.
They were remanded at the Industrial Area and Lang'ata Women's prisons until September 22 when their bail application will be heard.
According to their lawyers, Danstan Omari, the officers deserved to go through a public inquest due to the controversy surrounding the charges.
"We want an inquest into the brothers' deaths conducted before the suspects are formally charged and that is why we are asking the court to issue an exhumation order and allow for a fresh postmortem to determine how they died," Omari said.
