Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the murder of his political rival’s aide that occurred at a polling station in the area.
“Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa pleads not guilty to murdering the driver of his parliamentary seat rival; to know bond application fate at 3 pm today.” Said Ali Manzu
Confirming the news was the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who noted that they are conducting investigations into the death of Mr. Brian Olunga.
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“Following a directive issued by the Director General of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti, that he surrenders within six hours. A specialized team of detectives drawn from the Homicide branch, Digital & Cybercrime, and the Forensic Crime Scene Investigations units have since conducted comprehensive investigations and placed Hon Barasa at the scene of the murder.
Similarly, ballistic experts based at the DCI National Forensic Laboratory linked Hon Barasa’s firearm to the fatal shot that took away Olunga’s life. This followed a report issued by the ballistic experts after the investigating team forwarded Hon Barasa’s Glock Pistol, a cartridge retrieved from the scene, and bullet fragments to the ballistic lab for forensic analysis.
The report noted that the recovered cartridge was fired by the Glock pistol issued to Hon Barasa. Further, a postmortem report by the government pathologist opined that the cause of death was severe head injury occasioned by a gunshot wound.
During the autopsy, bullet fragments were also retrieved from the deceased’s brain. In order to deliver justice to the family of the victim, detectives have in their cause of investigations consolidated an avalanche of evidence that irrefutably links the suspect to the murder most foul.” Said DCI