Murdered University Student’s Family Wants Police To Apprehend His Killers.
The family of a 20-year old Chuka University 2nd
year student who was gruesomely murdered by unknown assailants over the weekend
is calling on the police to do everything humanly possible to unravel the
mystery behind his murder.
While yet to come to terms with this unfortunate incident,
the family is demanding for answers as to how the matter is being casually
handled, notwithstanding the fact that no arrests has been made so far.
Body of Simon Gitei Waweru, was found lying within some
grasses in a plain field near Rukoroi village, Kiunyu Sub-location of Gatanga
Constituency on Saturday morning.
According to the information gathered from the family, Gitei
left their Muthanduku-ini home with two of his friends on Friday evening for
Kiunyu village, less than 5km away. They are said to have enjoyed a meal
together before they took some beer from a local bar, all paid for by the
deceased.
At around 8pm, they set off for home where according to
them, they were attacked by unknown assailants in Rurii area of Rukoroi
village. They are all said to have fled to different direction only for Gitei’s
friends to come to his home at around 10pm to inquire if he had reported home.
The following morning, they came again and asked if he did
come home the previous night and after they were responded to the negative,
they just left without a word.
A while later, the two boys are said to have discovered his
lifeless body in the field and went to report the matter to their area assistant
chief, who happens to be one of the boy’s father.
Gitei’s uncle, Bishop Peter Mwaura Chege, says that said he
received the heart-breaking news that morning from his sister who lives in Mang’u
village in Kiambu County, something that still disturbs him to this moment.
“One of these two boys called my sister to break the bad
news. This is odd and very unusual since, as the people who live here, we would
have been the first people to be informed. Why didn’t they come home to break
the bad news,” asked Mwaura.
He suspects the involvement of the two who had accompanied Gitei
in the night of his death.
“From our home and the scene where Gitei’s body was
discovered is just a 5 minutes’ walk from our home. Why didn’t they come to
inform us first before going to the chief’s office? Why did they first call my
sister who lives all the way in Mang’u instead of coming home?” he asked.
Mwaura is still puzzled by the fact that Gitei was found in
possession of one of his friend’s phone in his pocket.
“In his pockets, we found Kamau’s (one of the two boys that
had accompanied him on the fateful night) cellphone. However, even though we
found all his documents intact, Gitei’s phone was missing,” he said.
The deceased’s elder brother, John Chege Waweru explains
that postmortem report indicate that Gitei died of head and chest injuries which
might have been caused by a blow using a blunt object.
“The postmortem shows that he had been hit on the left side
of his skull causing blood to clot on the right side of the brain. He also had
injuries on his chest and the kneecap,” he explains.
He is now calling on the authorities to grill Gitei’s
friends so as to ascertain what they know about the circumstances that led to
his death.
The body of the deceased is lying at General Kago Road
Funeral Home in Thika.
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