Joseph Mwenda alias DJ Joe Mfalme and three police officers from Kikuyu police station were arrested on March 23 for allegedly assaulting a senior Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officer to death.
The four allegedly assaulted Felix Kelian Kitosi, a DCI detective attached to Dagoretti Sub-County on the night of March 16, 2024.
Kitosi is said to have had an altercation with the DJ’s team at a parking lot in Texas Barbeque in Kikuyu Sub-County.
According to reports, the incident occurred after the DJ had finished performing and was leaving the club at around 4: 20 am when an argument arose between his team and the detective.
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The officer is said to have been leaving the parking lot and scratched a car belonging to the DJ after which the bouncers confronted and pulled him out of the car and beat him up.
He was later taken to Kikuyu police station where the accused police officers are said to have assaulted him further while in custody.
On March 16, his health condition worsened, and he was rushed to Langata Hospital before he was referred to Nairobi West Hospital where he died on March 21.
A hospital report said the officer was admitted at Nairobi West Hospital with severe abdominal pain due to assault and unable to pass urine for about four hours.
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Previous Police Report
A police report dated March 22 showed that Kitosi was involved in a traffic road accident while on duty near Kikuyu Police Station.
However, there were no injuries recorded as a result of the accident.
As per police OB report, the DCI officer was then involved in an argument with unidentified people about the accident.
“He had been involved in a non-injury traffic accident within Kikuyu Market near Kikuyu Police Station on March 16, at about 0400hrs,” the police statement read in part.
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“Preliminary investigations reveal that he was assaulted by known persons after an altercation over the non-injury road traffic accident,” the report indicated.
The report also showed that the officer complained of abdominal pains after the assault even before he was admitted at Nairobi West hospital.
As such, the DCI officer’s brother Reinhard Kitosi made the report at the Dagoretti police station following the death of the officer.
His body was taken to Umash funeral services mortuary and was viewed by the family on March 23.
However, questions have been raised on why the police waited for six days until the officer died before taking any action against the accused.
