The security guard, who testified on November 24, 2025 before Justice Margaret Muigai, said he was stationed outside a club when he saw the two brothers being confronted by officers shortly after 10 p.m.
According to him, he was close enough to clearly see what happened, including the inside of the police vehicle where the brothers were held.
Although he could not remember the number plate of the car, he insisted his position allowed him a clear view of the entire incident.
The guard told the court that one of the officers struck one of the brothers five times with a mattock.
He added that the second brother, who had briefly hidden nearby, came out after seeing the commotion.
As soon as he moved toward the police car, another officer started beating him with punches and kicks.
His testimony directly contradicts the earlier explanation given by police in 2021, which claimed the brothers died after jumping out of a moving patrol vehicle while trying to escape.
Forensic experts had already disputed the police version years earlier.
Pathology reports concluded that the brothers died from multiple severe injuries to the head and ribs, injuries consistent with blunt-force trauma—not a fall from a moving vehicle.
These findings had long raised questions about what really happened that night.
Following public pressure and the forensic reports, the Director of Public Prosecutions ordered the arrest of six police officers believed to have been involved in the incident.
During the same court session, the High Court also revisited the long-delayed case of Agnes Wanjiru, the 21-year-old mother who was murdered in 2012 in Nanyuki.
Wanjiru was last seen with British soldiers at a hotel near the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK). Her body was found two months later in a septic tank.
A Kenyan inquest in 2018 concluded that she was unlawfully killed by one or more British soldiers, but the case stalled for years due to complex diplomatic processes and questions over jurisdiction.
The renewed hearing this week highlighted how difficult it has been for Wanjiru’s family to get justice, especially when foreign military personnel are involved.
Justice Muigai ordered that both matters be adjourned, with the next mention scheduled for February 5, 2026, and the hearing set for February 19, 2026.
Families of the victims, human-rights groups, and legal observers are awaiting the next sessions with the hope that the cases—both long associated with delays—will finally progress toward justice.
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