How the missing Indians were taken to the forest and slaughtered

Details have emerged on how two Indians and their Kenyan taxi driver were trailed, abducted and killed inside Aberdare Forest by a four-man squad from the now disbanded Special Service Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

The three were marked men and it was a matter of when, not if, they would be killed. The motive for the murders is not yet known, but sheds light on an alleged killer squad ready to pull the trigger and working closely with other rogue elements within the DCI.

Mr Peter Muthee Gachiku, Mr Francis Muendo Ndonye, Mr John Mwangi Kamau, and Mr Joseph Kamau Mbugua, who are accused of killing Mohamed Zaid Sami and Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan from India and their Kenyan taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Diana Mochache.

Available documents detail how the four policemen shared out roles in the assassination of the two Indians, who reportedly visited Kenya as part of a digital team that was working for President William Ruto’s campaign team ahead of the August 9 General Election.

Call data records indicate that the Gachiku communicated with the teams before, during and after the interception. He was also in communication late in the night with other persons of interest who are yet to be identified and it is believed he was briefing them on the operation.

After the arrests of the four police officers, their mobile phones were seized and are yet to be subjected to forensic examination.

Preliminary investigations, including GPS [Global Positioning System] track logs and call data records, place the respondents, their vehicles and other actors at the scene of crime and the possible location where their bodies were dumped.

The police have indicated that the matter before them was complex and required more time.