A family in Thika’s Makongeni estate is seeking answers following the death of 23-year-old Dec Muniko Paul during a police operation.
The incident occurred on Thursday, January 15, 2026, evening when officers raided an apartment building in the area.
The victim is said to have fallen from the fifth floor of his apartment during a police operation, leaving his family questioning how such a tragedy could have occurred.
In a press briefing on Friday, January 16, 2026, Job Mwita, a family member, said that the officers raided Dec’s home, less than a kilometre from Makongeni police station, on Thursday, January 15, 2026, evening, on an undisclosed mission.
“One of the boys who saw Dec falling from above the fifth floor, he said he heard the commotion with the police chasing him on the rooftop there,” Mwita narrated.
The circumstances surrounding his fall have sparked serious concerns about the conduct of the police, with the family claiming he may have been pushed.
According to reports, the police from Makongeni station raided the house where the victim was with two other people. In the chaos that followed, he fell to the ground and died.
The deceased’s body has since been collected from the apartment and taken to General Kago mortuary, where an autopsy confirmed the cause of death as blunt force trauma from multiple injuries.
The incident has sparked outrage, with the deceased’s family insisting he was pushed by officers, calling on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and other agencies to conduct a thorough investigation.
The family wants IPOA and other relevant agencies to take up the matter and establish what exactly happened.
Although the family remains sceptical about the investigation at Thika West Police Station, they have resolved to transport the late’s body to Migori for burial.
