A security guard testified before the Milimani Law Court that he witnessed the Kianjakoma brothers being physically assaulted by two police officers outside a club on August 1, 2021, when the two brothers were allegedly arrested for violating the COVID-19 curfew rules.
The guard maintained that he was close enough to see the events unfold clearly and could observe the inside of the police car where the brothers were being held.
However, he mentioned that he could not recall the vehicle’s specific number plate while testifying before Justice Margaret Muigai on November 24, 2025.
He stated that he saw one of the brothers being hit by one of the police officers five times using a mattock. He claims that the other brother came from his hiding place, and as he approached the police vehicle, another police officer started assaulting him physically by punching and kicking him.
His statement regarding the violent, direct assault entirely demolishes the original self-serving narrative put forth by the police that the brothers tragically died after voluntarily jumping out of a moving vehicle to escape custody.
Forensic pathologists had determined that the two brothers died from severe multiple head and rib injuries, consistent with being inflicted by a blunt object, a finding that immediately discredited the initial police narrative of an accidental fall.
The Director of Public Prosecutions ordered the arrest and charging of six police officers involved in the occurrences of that night.
The Milimani High Court pursued answers in another long-standing tragedy of the murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru in 2012.
Wanjiru, a mother of one, was last seen in the company of British soldiers in a Nanyuki hotel near the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) base before her body was tragically discovered two months later in a septic tank.
A 2018 Kenyan inquest had already concluded that she was unlawfully unalived by one or more UK soldiers. The case had remained legally stagnant for years due to diplomatic complexities, highlighting the significant jurisdictional hurdles that victims face when challenging powerful foreign entities operating on Kenyan soil.
The recent session concluded with Justice Muigai ordering the trial to be adjourned. The matter is officially scheduled for its next mention and hearing dates on February 5 and February 19, 2026.
