Detectives are now certain that the death of Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei was a stage-managed murder and not a case of suicide.
According to a presentation in court today, there was a Jericho pistol, a bullet mark in the ceiling and a cartridge as well as a note currently undergoing an examination to establish whether he wrote it.
“While the scene painted a picture of murder, the emerging evidence indicate otherwise,” a senior detective privy with the ongoing investigations indicated on Tuesday.
His phone which had gone missing was found with all data cleared.
“It was a new phone. No contacts or anything to show he ever used it…..Why would he want to clear all the data if it is true he committed suicide?” the detective said.
The officer’s body was found lying on the floor, just near the door, with a visible gunshot wound on his chin on February 18.
Kenei was one of the Administration Police officers on duty at Deputy President William Ruto’s office when former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa and two foreigners visited on February 16.
He was meant to record a statement with the DCI but did not report to work and went missing until his body was found on February 18 at his bed-sitter.
