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Questions raised on how a suspect in police cells was shot dead by police in patrol

Mutunga Kaleli (in cap) and Mbithi Kaleli, brothers to murdered Ngoma Kaleli in this photo show injuries inflicted on them by police officers when they invaded their home January 17, 2019. [Stephen Nzioka/ Standard]

On the morning of Saturday, November 2, 2019, residents of Wote, Makueni County, woke up to news that police had felled a notorious thug.

Police announced to the press they had shot dead a man who had stolen a TV set, and when officers tried to stop him, he attacked them with a crowbar.

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