Slain students kin transfer the bodies
What you need to know:
- The two families hired both a private and public doctor to carry out the postmortem exams. By the time of going to press, the families were waiting for the results of the autopsies.
- The two students are alleged to have been shot dead by the police at the Globe Cinema interchange on November 7, after being mistaken for muggers.
Families of two university students who died under a hail of police bullets transferred the bodies to the Umash Funeral Home in Nairobi for postmortem examinations Tuesday.
Mr Felix Magomere and Mr Dennis Nyangina’s families said they had lost trust in the government and all its organs, including the pathologists.
The two families hired both a private and public doctor to carry out the postmortem exams. By the time of going to press, the families were waiting for the results of the autopsies.
The two students are alleged to have been shot dead by the police at the Globe Cinema interchange on November 7, after being mistaken for muggers.
Students from the University of Nairobi and the main campus of Egerton University joined the families at the mortuary.
They asked the Independent Police Oversight Authority (Ipoa) and Amnesty International to conduct investigations into the killings.
Egerton University students’ union chairman Isaac Ongoma said police had not given them clear information on what led to the fatal shootings.
Mr Magomere’s father, Mr David McKenzie, said he will be seeking justice over the killings.
The families are making arrangements for the burials to be held in Kitale and Kisii.
KILLING THE TWO
Mr Magomere was hit by a police vehicle and then shot five times. Witnesses said he was running away after his friend was shot.
Central Police Commander Paul Wanjama refused to comment on the progress of investigations into the killings.
Police spokesperson Gatiria Mboroki said she was not in a position to comment on the matter and referred the media back to Mr Wanjama.
