Former Deputy President and Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has made fresh allegations against sections of the police service, linking two officers to a string of killings and an alleged assassination plot targeting senior opposition figures.
Speaking on Wednesday at his Wamunyoro residence while addressing elders from Murang’a County, Gachagua claimed the officers were involved in the deaths of Kyalo Mbobu and Dr. Victoria Mutiso, both of which he attributed to land-related disputes.
“They have told me that there are two police officers who killed Kyalo Mbobu because of land. Recently, they also killed Dr. Victoria Mutiso over the same issue. Those two police officers are from the same tribe as Ruto and Murkomen,” Gachagua claimed.
The former deputy president further alleged that the same officers were part of a broader scheme to eliminate him and other opposition leaders, including Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.
“The day we were attacked with Kalonzo and Matiang’i, these two police officers from Kikuyu Police Station were the ones paid to kill me, Matiang’i and Kalonzo. In Kikuyu Police Station is where they killed that lawyer and killed this doctor Victoria Mutiso,” he alleged.
Gachagua did not provide evidence to substantiate the claims but insisted that there had been repeated attempts to have the officers investigated without success.
He also turned his criticism to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), accusing its Director Mohamed Amin of shielding the officers from accountability.
According to Gachagua, efforts by concerned parties to push for investigations into the alleged killings have been frustrated at senior levels within the investigative agency.
The claims are likely to heighten political tensions, coming at a time when the country continues to grapple with concerns over extrajudicial killings and police accountability.
Human rights organisations have in the past raised alarm over alleged abuse of power within the security sector, calling for independent investigations and reforms.