Agnes Wanjiru Murder: Kenyan Homicide Detectives to Travel to the UK to Gather Evidence

Kenyan homicide detectives are set to travel to the UK to gather information and evidence on the murder of Agnes Wanjiru.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said investigators are seeking to tighten the case before narrowing to the main suspect (s).

The lifeless body of Wanjiru was found in a septic tank at Lions Court Hotel in Nanyuki, two months after she disappeared on March 31st, 2012. She is alleged to have been killed by a British soldier.

On the night she went missing, the 21-year-old sex worker was at the hotel where tens of British soldiers were drinking beer, dancing, and having sex with local women. 

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

The UK Sunday Times reported last month that a British soldier confessed to killing Wanjiru and showed his colleagues where he dumped her body. 

The revelations have triggered fresh calls for an investigation and justice for Wanjiru, who left behind a five-month-old daughter.

The publication reported that five soldiers gave the same name of the officer, saying that on the fateful night, he showed them the body of the woman which was stashed in a tank. 

There were claims that Kenyan and British authorities staged a cover-up on the murder to maintain diplomatic relations over the Nanyuki army base, where the UK sends six infantry battalions for eight-week exercises annually.

Following an inquest in 2019, Kenyan judge Njeri Thuku concluded that Wanjiru had been murdered by one or two British soldiers. The judge ordered two further criminal inquiries, but the military took no action, the Sunday Times reported.

UK authorities have pledged to cooperate with the investigation into the brutal murder of Wanjiru.