Detectives investigating the murder of blogger Daniel Muthiani alias Sniper are set to interrogate Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza as part of the ongoing probe which has so far seen seven suspects being detained.
On Sunday, police questioned the governor’s husband Murega Baichu for hours at the Meru DCI office. He was accompanied by lawyers when he appeared before a team probing the incident.
Sniper disappeared on December 2 last year before his body was discovered two weeks later.
Circumstantial evidence has linked the governor’s office to the murder with detectives saying it was unlikely that killers acted without her knowledge or consent.
Detectives have analysed call data of the suspects and established a clear pattern of communication before the killing.
“There was constant but unusual communication between the suspects before and even after the murder of Sniper,” one of the detectives said.
The Eastern Region DCI boss Lenny Kisaka said they had identified and visited several scenes including where the body was dumped and the governor’s residence.
The probe is conducted by a team of detectives from the Directorate of Homicide led by Martin Nyuguto and officers from Meru DCI. “A team of Homicide and Forensic scientists visited the residence since it has been mapped as one of the major scenes we are visiting and carrying out investigations. We will collect everything that is necessary to ensure Sniper gets justice,” Kisaka said on Saturday.
Kisaka urged members of the public to be patient, promising justice will be served. The investigations have so far led to arrest of seven suspects among them Mwangaza’s brother and bodyguard Kenneth Murangiri Guantai, Director of Protocol in her government Kenneth Matiri alias Kasigi, Fredrick Kiugu, Frankline Kimathi and Timothy Kinoti.
