Seventeen officers from the disbanded Special Services Unit, National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) were Thursday charged with the murder of a Kenyan and two Indian nationals two years ago.

The officers who appeared before the High Court in Kiambu were said to have killed Zulfiqar Ahmed Kidwai Khan and Mohammed Zaid Sami, and their taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania Mwange.

Those charged are Chief Inspector Peter Muthee Gachiku, James Kibosek Tanki, Joseph Kamau Mbugua, Simon Muhuga Gikenyo, David Chepchieng Kinsei, Stephen Luseno Matunda, John Mwangi Kamau, Paul Njogu Muriithi, Hillary Limo Kipchumba, and Joseph Mwenda Mbaya.

Others are Simon Muhuga Gikenyo, Paul Njogu Muriithi, Boniface Otieno Mtulla, Elikana Njeru Mugendi, Fredrick Thuku Kamau, John Wanjiku Macharia (NIS) and Michael Kiplangat Bett (KWS).