Suspects in Matungu killings released for lack of evidence
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“We have not got substantive evidence to link the suspects herein with the criminal activities taking place in Matungu. For these reasons, we pray that they be freed as investigations continue,” said Mr Mateba. Last week, six more suspects were discharged without any charges being preferred against them. Investigations are, however, ongoing with a contingent of officers attached to the General Service Unit maintaining law and order in the area.For More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper.
Only one suspect has been charged in the High Court with murder of a woman and her three-year-old daughter. Kassim Chitechi Malala was accused of killing Petronilla Roda Mungayi and her daughter Shaleen Okhasia on May 4. The accused, jointly with others not before court, was alleged to have raided their house at Sayangwe village in Matungu sub-county. Sale of land According to documents tendered in court, a gang of five people armed with machetes stormed the house of Stephen Rapachi at around 10.30pm when the family had just retired to bed. The gang demanded money from the sale of family land. Approximately five days before the incident, Rapachi had sold part of his land at Sh105,000 and had received a deposit of Sh55,000. The attackers, court documents indicate, broke into the house and demanded the money. The court was told the attackers stabbed Rapachi’s wife Roda in the stomach before strangling their three-year-old daughter Shaleen. Chitechi was arrested on May 5 alongside one Ayub Imbuyi who is yet to be arraigned for the capital offence. The police recovered knives in Chitechi’s house and a toy pistol at Imbuyi’s house.Do not miss out on the latest news. Join the Standard Digital Telegram channel HERE.
