A new twist has emerged in former Kenya Defence Forces Major, Peter Mugure's murder case, after a witness hanged him out to dry, with damning revelations.
A report by Nation on Friday, November 22, indicated that a casual worker known as Collins Pamba claimed that Mugure offered him a job in the military if he helped dispose of the bodies.
Mugure was arrested in connection to the murder of his wife Joyce Syombua and their two children Shanice Maua and Prince Michael whose bodies were found buried in Thingithu area, Nanyuki on November 16, 2019.
The children had been piled on top of their mother in the shallow grave.
"He disclosed that he was asked to help bury the bodies and he (Mugure) would get him a job during the recruitment," a detective informed the outlet, adding that Pamba was tasked with cleaning the bloodstains in Mugure's car which was impounded by police.
He was the commanding officer for the whole week on the day his family was brutally murdered at the Laikipia Airbase.
This helped him move around undetected as he was in charge of ground operations, security and emergencies. It also placed him above officers manning entrances and exits.
“He was the boss during that time. And we understand he was driving in an out of the area so many times, so even when he was sneaking out the bodies in his car, it was never searched,” a detective told Nation on condition of anonymity.
The police report detailed that he made undetected trips in and out of the base on October 26, 2019, evading checkups. It also disclosed that the two children were strangled with ropes and the wife was beaten to death.
Mugure, who had parted ways with Syombua, is reported to have requested to see the children in preparation for a birthday party he planned to throw for Shanice on November 1.
After the October 26 meeting, the family had, Syombua and her children went missing, forcing her mother Elizabeth Maua and a friend identified as Farizana to file formal complaints at the Soweto Police Station and Nanyuki Police Station respectively.
