Officials from the DCI and Communications Authority are scheduled to testify in the Ahmed Rashid trial

In the ongoing murder trial of former police officer Ahmed Rashid, officials from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Communications Authority (CA) are scheduled to testify as the prosecution continues to present its case. 

The case, which revolves around the 2017 shooting of two teenagers in Eastleigh, Nairobi, has entered a critical stage at the Kibera Law Courts: 

As of February 2026, the prosecution has already called several witnesses, including former colleagues of Rashid and ballistic experts.
A senior DCI ballistic expert recently testified that a bullet recovered from the scene could not be definitively linked to Rashid’s issued firearm due to deformation.

DCI detective Joseph Omwenga informed the court that of four firearms requested for investigation, one remained unaccounted for, which the defense argues creates reasonable doubt.

A Safaricom representative previously testified that mobile data records did not definitively place Rashid at the exact scene of the crime at the time of the shooting. 

Officials are expected to provide further technical details regarding the viral video of the shooting and potentially other communication records used by the specialized “Pangani Six” unit.

More forensic and scene-of-crime investigators from the DCI are slated to take the stand to clarify gaps in the firearms movement register.

By Anthony Solly