WHO IS PROTECTING JEFF MWATHI'S KILLERS?
This case regarding the murder of Jeff Mwathi is very intriguing. I have spent a lot of time reading and watching videos about the story. I have watched the victim's parents and the girlfriend narrate their side of the story. I have read and watched a lot of analysis on the issue.
This is by all means a straightforward case. The venue, time and suspects are all known. Yet over 20 days later no one has been arrested. This is what I find intriguing.
The pain the parents are going through is heartbreaking. It is a shame that the DCI is yet to update the family or the country on the progress of the investigations. How heavy are these stones that can't be turned even after all the public outcry?
Even without the investigative assets the DCI has, there are conclusions one can make about the case which appear all too obvious.
1. It is clear that the police who initially handled the case did not do a professional job. One would have expected the scene of crime to have been secured. Neighbours ought to have been questioned regarding what they saw or heard. It is unbelievable that the body of the victim was booked at city mortuary as that of an "Unidentified male".
This doesn't make any sense because it is said that when the DJ returned home early that morning at around 9 AM he saw the body of the victim lying on the ground surrounded by a crowd. Even if we are to assume he did not identify it as that of the victim, he could easily have connected the dots given that at that time the victim was missing.
When something that serious happens in a building, everyone would have been called out to identify the victim.
Available evidence is that the windows on the side of the building the body fell from were closed. The caretaker went knocking on the houses on that side to find out if anyone had fallen down and all were opened except that of the DJ. Why wasn't this followed up?
2. The allegations of suicide are absurd. Immediately after the body fell, it is said the windows were closed, then it is impossible for the deceased to have jumped out of a window and close the window afterwards. Furthermore, the victim had not expressed any distress in the hours prior to his death. In fact, in recorded voice conversations with the mother he sounded full of life and looking forward to doing the job he had apparently been given by the DJ.
The window the victim is said to have fallen from has grills and one would really need to squeeze himself out. This would take time giving those with him sufficient opportunity to save him from falling.
Why did one of the suspects call the victim's girlfriend claiming that the victim had tried to commit suicide in 2019? Yet the family denies that nothing like that ever happened. Why the obsession with pushing the suicide theory? If indeed it was suicide, then this justification wouldn't have been necessary.
3. The other question is whether the victim fell out dead or alive. The first thing which comes to mind is that if he was pushed out alive, then there would have been a commotion and screaming. Given it was in the dead of the night, this would have woken people up.
All evidence points towards the possibility that the victim died in the house. The body was probably thrown off the balcony. It is highly likely that all the suspects were in the house at the point of the death. The departure by some of the suspects was just a way of creating an alibi.
Two of the suspects went to the ground floor and were seen surveying the site where the body fell. They then go up and 7 minutes later the body falls to the site where the suspects had just surveyed. Any fool can conclude on what went on there.
While surveying the body disposal site, the suspects were seen making calls. How come no information has been revealed on the person to whom the call was placed and what the conversation was about?
4. The DJ says he went to report the case of a missing person to the police. This raises even more questions because a person cannot disappear in an apartment with just a few rooms. In any case, you don't report a missing person to the police in a few hours without calling those close to him. Besides, the building was highly secured and no one could leave without being let out by the host. If the victim had left, the first place to confirm would have been CCTV evidence. There is also no evidence of attempting to search the victim from within the building.
5. Initially, it had been reported that the DJ met the victim for the first time when they met to discuss the interior design job. It later turned out they had known each other for about two years. What caused this discrepancy? Was there a job offer or this was just a way of luring the victim? How does a meeting to discuss work end up in a drinking spree and club hopping?
6. If this was a murder, was it premeditated or an afterthought. If you want to kill a person, it is unlikely you would do it at your house in a building full of CCTV cameras and high security.
One of the ladies who called the victim's girlfriend explained that there was a commotion in which the victim claimed that popular Kikuyu musician Samidoh was his uncle.
This is where the crux of the matter is. One can conclude that something bad was done to the victim and he threatened to expose it thus invoking the uncle's name. This is most likely the reason why he was killed. To silence him! For a person to be killed for threatening to expose something, it means the stakes were very high. What was at stake? Not hard to guess.
7. How come the suspects have never been arrested thus giving them sufficient time to interfere with the evidence and compromise investigations? Who is protecting the suspects and why?
8. Why were the victim's trousers down to the knees by the time the body fell to the ground? Does this point to sexual assault? Or did the trousers pull down as the body was being thrown out?
If a person can be killed in such a manner and no one is held to account, it means that we are living in a lawless country. The time it has taken to unravel such a simple case points to breakdown of law and order. This is very dangerous for the country because it can lead to people taking the law into their own hands. The government should tread carefully because we are headed to total anarchy.
I wonder what is the value of elections in this country. Where are the politicians in this case? Where is the opposition? The impunity and disregard for life in this case is shocking and sickening.
Kenyans must rise up and ensure justice is done. No one is safe until everyone is safe. Today it is Jeff, tomorrow it can be anyone's child. How many people must die under controversial circumstances before we say enough is enough? Jeff's death must not be in vain. Justice must be done and be seen to be done. No other parent should ever lose their child under such circumstances.
Detectives investigating the murder of Jeff Mwathi met with his parents yesterday for five hours. They provided their findings as follows:
1. They were unable to determine whether Jeff was killed or he committed suicide.
2. They did not find any motive behind the killing, so they "assumed" that he committed suicide.
3. They also stated that they could not establish why he would have chosen to commit suicide if that was indeed the case.
4. At the time Jeff fell, the two individuals (the driver and cousin) were inside the house, contradicting media reports that they were in the elevator.
5. The detectives additionally determined that Jeff fell from the bedroom window. The rooftop CCTV footage did not capture him on the roof.
6. The detectives told the family that the Djs cousin had gone for a short call that moment he was captured where Jeff would later fall.
From the CCTV however, the guy is just seen opening the door and peeping in and he doesn't enter.
Questions:
1. The detectives were unable to explain how Jeff could have jumped and closed the window behind him since all of the windows on the side from which he fell were closed.
This prompted one of the caretakers to knock on the doors of all the houses on that side. All other tenants opened their doors except for the one in question.
2. The bloodied pillow in the room was said to have been stained by sweat, not blood.
In conclusion, the file is now with the DPP, who will make his findings public in the coming days. The decision on whether to charge someone or not will be made by him.
“They have already made their mind that I killed their son. It’s very hard for me, I wish I would meet Jeff’s mother and talk to her.
I would wish to share my side of the story with her. She is not viewing this from the fact that I wanted to help her son
“If you wanted to kill someone will you take them to your house? I have a brand and I know how to protect it,” DJ Fatxo said.
A police statement recorded by the DJ revealed that the two had been together in four different clubs.
They started partying at Bliss Bistro and ended at Quiver’s Lounge.
According to footage released by the apartment’s management, Mwathi, and the DJ returned to the apartment at 3 am on February 22 accompanied by three unidentified women.
Later, another man believed to be a relative of the DJ arrived in a different car.
An hour later, DJ Fatxo left the apartment with the three unidentified women leaving the victim in the house with two other men
Shortly after, the two men are seen inspecting the apartment’s parking lot. Within the same period, the DJ’s cousin is seen making several phone calls before heading back inside.
Shockingly, seven minutes after Mwathi is seen falling off the building. His uncle told police that the victim was found dead with his pants pulled to his knees.
A post morterm conducted at the City Mortuary was unable to reveal if the victim had been sexually assaulted before he met his untimely death.
The two men together with DJ Fatxo told police that the deceased took away his life.
The duo claimed that they only knew of his death when the DJ returned to the apartment.
His family on the other hand brushed off the claims. His mother who works in Qatar noted that her son had asked for money to attend a meeting in Ruiru. She noted that her son has never been suicidal.
She revealed a Whatsapp audio corroborating her statement.
“Mum aki si unitumie 200 sahii DJ Fatxo amenichatisha ameniambia tumeet na sina doh, nangoja doh jioni,” Mwathi said.
“Sawa mum, acha niende, nakaa smart nitaenda kupiga picha na yeye tukipatana nitakupigia picha uone,” he added.
A section of MPs are calling for the exhumation of Jeff Mwathi’s body for DNA to be conducted to help in the identification of suspects in his murder.
The lawmakers noted that the main suspect DJ Fatxo, whom they claimed is politically well-connected, is planning to flee the country.
The MPs questioned why Mwathi was hurriedly without a complete report from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
Addressing the media at Parliament Buildings, Njoro MP Charity Kathambi claimed that Mwathi was sexually assaulted before being killed in Kasarani, but that the police have allegedly been reluctant to take DNA samples.
“We want to remind Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki that we are not going to sleep till Jeff gets justice,” Kathambi said.
“This case looks like a very organised movie led by a boss. But we don’t care about your connection or how big you are. We must get justice for Jeff,” she added.
The Njoro MP claimed that the main suspect DJ Fatxo is planning to flee the country with the aid of a politician related to the suspect.
Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa echoed Ms Kathambi’s sentiments, questioning why the deceased was hurriedly buried.
He called for the body to be exhumed and a DNA test conducted so that the perpetrators are brought to book.
“We want the police to do their work and bring principal suspects in the case to account. We hear that one wants to flee the country, let him not leave the country,” Barasa said.
Naivasha MP Jane Kihara called on Prof Kindiki to ensure that no stone is left unturned in the case so that the government is not accused of complicity in the matter.
“We ask the government to get to the bottom of this matter to make sure that the grieving family gets justice,” Kihara said.
“We don’t need the case to drag. We want the government to move with speed to arrest individuals involved,” said Baringo South MP Charles Kamuren.
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