Today the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) produced before the High Court, a G3 rifle believed to be the one used to murder former Lower Kabete MP in February 2015.
Police Officer Francis Ole Singila a Prosecution witness while producing the rifle in court, explained how a Taxi driver pinned one of the suspects in the murder after handing over two-gun pins which he alleged were left in his car by the suspect as he drove him home.
According to the police officer, a Taxi driver called him on the night of February 7,2015 and handed over 2 gun-pins claiming they were left in his car by Mustapha Kimani as he allegedly drove him home.
The police said that using the information from the Taxi driver and other sources, they managed to also trace Jane Wanjiru Kamau whom they interrogated and at around 4.30pm, she led them to her house where they recovered two rounds of ammunition of 9mm caliber were recovered at her house doorstep covered by a concrete block.
At this point, the officer Justice Kanyi Kimondo that Wanjiru confessed that the ammunitions belonged to Mustapha Kimani who is one of the accused persons.
In the case, Eric Isabwa alias chairman, Raphael Kimani alias Kim Butcher, Mustapha Kimani alias Musto, Stephen Astiva alias Chokore, Jane Wanjiru alias Shiro, Margaret Njeri and Simon Wambugu are charged with the murder of late George Muchai, his driver and two bodyguards.
The late George Muchai met his death in Nairobi’s Central Business District early Saturday morning of February 7, 2015, when an unknown assailant sprayed his car with bullets.
The hearing of the case will proceed in April 7, 2025 when prosecution is expected to call their last witness before closing their case.
