Police in Tharaka Nithi County are set to charge two brothers accused of beating their step-nephew, Edwin Murithi, 17, to death in Mariene village in Tharaka Constituency on the night of December 31, 2023. Samuel Muriuki, a second-year student at Kirinyaga University, and Kelvin Njeru, a graduate of Kenya Medical Training College, were brought before the Marimanti Magistrates Court on Monday after being found mentally fit to face murder charges.
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Nicholas Njagi, who appeared before a Chuka Court facing manslaughter charges pleaded not guilty of the offence.
He is alleged to have committed the heinous act two weeks ago in Maara Sub-county, after picking an argument over the land before the lifeless body of his son was found three days later.
Preliminary reports indicated that the deceased, Hillary Mwiti, a 42 year oldÂ
matatu operator in tearoom Nairobi was brutally beaten by hired goons from his own clan on orders of his father.
Mwiti sustained serious injuries and was found dead in his house three days later after the ordeal.
Before his demise, Mwiti had requested his father for his share of land after his father remarried a second wife following the death of his mother.