The High Court in Eldoret has found two Police Officers guilty of torturing a suspect to death at a police cell and dumping his body in River Nzoia three years ago.
Justice Reuben Nyakundi said that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that constables Emmanuel Wafula and Godwine Wekesa Sirengox, murdered Dennis Lusava, 21, at Mbururu police post in Likuyani, Kakamega County.
The incident took place on October 7, 2022 before Lusava's decomposing body was found in River Nzoia four days later.
While reading the judgement, Justice Nyakundi dismissed the duo's defence noting that the police officers tasked with protecting civilian's lives and property had absolutely no reason to torture the suspect and end his life. "The murder was committed with malice aforethought and there was transactional evidence linking the two officers to a common intention in the conspiracy," the judge stated.
