This archive report was first published on 4 November 2021.
On September 2, 2021, six police officers appeared at the Milimani law courts in connection with the murder of two brothers in Kianjokoma village in Embu County.
Justice Daniel Ogembo ruled that there were no compelling reasons to warrant their continued detention and released them on a cash bail of Sh300,000 each, with a condition that they stay away from the scene of the crime.
According to the judge, the purpose of bail is to secure the accused persons' attendance during the trial and not to punish them.
The officers, Benson Mputhia, Consolata Njeri, Martin Wanyama, Nicholas Sang, Lillian Cherono, and James Mwaniki, were charged with two counts of murder in which the prosecution alleged they killed 22-year-old Benson Njiru Ndwiga and his 19-year-old brother Emmanuel Mutura Ndwiga on the night of August 1 at Kianjokoma village in Embu North sub-county.
The prosecution's case is that the officers jointly murdered the two brothers at Kianjokoma Trading Centre when they were heading home with their friends on the night of August 1.
However, the officers have denied murdering the brothers, claiming it is the two who caused their death by jumping from a moving police vehicle after the arrest and fell on the road leading to their death.
