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Detectives Probe Nine British Soldiers over Murder of a 21-Year-Old Kenyan Woman

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Detectives Probe Nine British Soldiers over Murder of a 21-Year-Old Kenyan Woman

Nine British soldiers are being investigated in connection with the murder of a Kenyan woman in Nanyuki in 2012.

The lifeless body of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was discovered inside a septic tank at Lions Court Inn Hotel in Nanyuki two months after her disappearance. 

On the night she went missing, Wanjiru was at the hotel where tens of British soldiers were drinking beer, dancing and having sex with local women.

Wanjiru reportedly left the seating area in the company of one of the British soldiers and that was the last time she was seen alive.

Nine years after her murder, her family is still seeking justice and hopes her killer will one day be brought to book. She was stabbed and her naked body dumped inside a septic tank.

The family believes the case was thrown under the table by Kenya and security agencies to maintain diplomatic ties with the UK.

British troops train at the Nanyuki army base under an agreement between Kenya and the UK where the latter can send six infantry battalions a year for eight-week exercises. As part of the agreement, Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers train with their British counterparts.

The Sunday Times reported that by the time the body of Wanjiru was found, the soldiers had returned to the UK but one of them was heard bragging how he killed a lady he had met while in Kenya.

Kenyan detectives identified nine soldiers they wanted to question and asked the British Royal Military Police to interview them and take DNA samples.

But the UK Ministry of Defense said last week that they never received such request, causing the inquiry to delay.

A new probe has since been launched, with the UK defense ministry indicating that it is helping Kenyan authorities “to determine what support is needed.” 

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said they are still focusing on the same nine suspects, who had booked hotel rooms on the night of her disappearance.

“Her case has been completely overlooked. From the first day we reported the case at the police station they never did anything until when the body was retrieved from the septic tank,” said Rose Wanjiku, Wanjiru’s elder sister.

The Sunday Times reported that in 2012, four witnesses told detectives that Wanjiru left the bar with a British soldier and they went to his room where the two are believed to have differed which led to an altercation before a fight broke out.

A friend who had accompanied Wanjiru to the hotel said she decided to leave after she failed to show up. The deceased left behind a five-month-old daughter.
 

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  1. THE JONNIES IN NANYUKI HAVE…
    THE JONNIES IN NANYUKI HAVE IN THE COURSE OF YEARS RAPED AND MURDERED WOMEN. SAMBURU WOMEN HAVE BEEN RAPED AND LEFT WITH BASTARD KIDS THEY CAN NEVER TAKE CARE OF (THINK OF A MURATO DIRTY CHILD IN RAGS AND BAREFOOTED ) BURNED OUR FORESTS IN SO DOING ANIMALS DIE DESTROYED OUR NATURE WITH THEIR BULLETS WHICH THEY LEAVE ALL OVER AFTER TRAINING I.E LAST YEAR AND THEY ARE NEVER CHARGED ! LET A KENYAN DO THE SAME IN BRITAIN . WE ARE STILL SUBJECTS OF THE DAMN BRITISHERS . OUR PEOPLE SELL US FOR PEANUTS

  2. This shows since imperialism…
    This shows since imperialism we are still under our oppressors rule. Their gift of the sword has reigned supreme. No one can match the strength and power of their gift.” The sword”. Our ancestors warned us against going against the sword for we had no chance. This is still their time.
    Everything has a beginning and an end.
    We are in the book of revelation:
    Revelation 13:10
    “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity; he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints”.
    It becomes a comedy when our enemies must include themselves in investigating themselves.
    It becomes their investigation and they judge their own actions.
    Zechariah 11:5
    ” Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty”.
    For any changes to take place, all we need is time.
    Change is on the horizon. Soon, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess- and be held accountable for their actions. That time is at the doorstep but not yet.
    We keep Wanjiru’s family in our prayers!!

  3. That’s so sad and especially…
    That’s so sad and especially taking advantage of our girls!, It’s disturbing and you can feel for the child who was left motherless!, This battalion should be lectured on their behaviors while socializing with Citizens of the NATIONS they are sent either for training or any other business!. Every NATION SHOULD BE TREATED WITH DIVINITY, NO NATION SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER NATIONS BECAUSE OF ANY REASONS.

  4. I have learnt over the years…
    I have learnt over the years .. this fucked up pedophiles, tax evaders and users migrate to 3rd world countries, befriends innocent netizens. Use them dump them and the worst is a story of this momma who had to suffer such brutality.

    Look at the coastal of Kenya . Those wazungus you call tourist are the worst version in USA and Europe

    Poverty has just driven even good men and women to agree to all in humane life

    One story is for the lady who met a guy and a guy ordered the doggie to dog her kuchi … me can’t believe things Pple say they have gone through … talk of trauma

    I think our government needs to have stringent measures where rape is punishable by the rope

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