This archive report was first published on 17 November 2019.
On October 26, 2019, Joyce Syombua and her two children went missing after visiting Major Peter Mugure at his residence in Nanyuki Barracks. The bodies of Syombua and her children were later discovered buried in a shallow grave near the Nanyuki airbase.
Elizabeth Maua, Syombua's mother, had warned her daughter not to travel to Nanyuki, but instead asked Mugure to come to Nairobi. However, Syombua insisted on visiting Mugure, who had even sent her bus fare for the trip.
According to Maua, there were attempts to poison the children a week before a DNA test was done to determine whether they were Mugure's children or not. The children had also expressed fear of their father, with Prince Michael once saying, 'Si ni wewe ule Peter alikuwa anataka kutuua? Sitaki kusikia jina ya Peter mimi [Aren't you the same Peter who wanted to kill us? I don't want to hear that name Peter once again].'
Mugure will be arraigned in court on an unknown date.
