DPP Orders Investigation After Citizen TV Exposé on Murdered Over Life Insurance

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji directed his team to take immediate legal action after a feature on Citizen TV explained the agony of a family whose son was murdered over an insurance policy.

According to the feature done by seasoned investigative journalist Purity Mwambia, the man identified as Evans Musyoki allegedly killed his own nephew – Eric Makau Musyoka - in a bid to benefit from a Ksh9 million life insurance policy the latter had with two different companies.

The expose dubbed "Murder for Profit" created an uproar online with netizens accusing the police of being reluctant in their job after taking almost 4 years to nab the suspect although they had an arrest warrant.

A statement from the DPP's office posted on Twitter read: "The DPP attention has been drawn to a News feature appearing on @citizentvkenya prime time news in regard to the Kangundo incident. Due to the nature of the case, the DPP has directed that immediate legal steps be taken to ensure justice is done. @DCI_Kenya."

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Additionally, the office of the DPP warned Kenyans not to interfere with the justice process stating: "DPP further wishes to inform the public that obstruction of due process is serious criminal offence & any person who will be found culpable shall face the full force of the law. Cc @DCI_Kenya."

Musyoki, a former manager in one of the insurance firms, had listed himself as a beneficiary of Eric’s life insurance policy and almost one year later, the nephew ended up dead and his body dumped near his home.

According to the exposé, Eric had taken another life insurance policy in Musyoka's name without his consent or knowledge barely three days before the latter's death.

Though the uncle denied any involvement in the murder, in 2017 the office of the DPP in Kangundo called on the public to help search for Musyoki after he was linked to the death but was never arrested.

After the burial, Musyoki allegedly tried to reclaim the money from the two insurance companies.  He purportedly did this without the knowledge or consent of Eric’s parents or siblings.

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Eric’s family maintained they were baffled by the findings which indicated that their son could have been murdered for the Ksh9 million on his insurance policy.

Here is the expose courtesy of Citizen TV:

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