Senior Counsel Philip Murgor now wants Inspector General of police Hillary Mutyambai to assign a special team to investigate the alleged assault involving the Ndichu twins, Eddie Ndichu and Paul Ndichu.
Murgor together with the sisters who were attacked, Stephanie and Cheryl Murgor demanded action on the two brothers for the incident.
“We are asking the Inspector General, and we emphasize the Inspector General, not the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, to take action as he promised. And that does not mean that we have no confidence in everyone at the DCI. The IG has stood up, and taken a step. We hold in to his commitment,” Murgor said.
Murgor remarked that he wants the case dealt with by a special team as soon as possible expressing fears that Kenya has a history of cases taking too long before conclusion.
“On our part, due to the alleged influence and power the perpetrators are supposed to wield, we demand that the IG assigns the investigation to a special team at the police headquarters,” he stated.
According to the two sisters, they were attending a wedding after-party at the hotel on the 10 floor and were accompanied by two friends Samuel Ramdas and Patrick Koech.
At about 2.30 am, one of the twin brothers allegedly made an improper pass at Stephanie to which she told him she knows him as a husband to Janet Mbugua.
The lady who was with the brothers shouted ex-husband.
When Stephanie left for the exit one of the brothers verbally assaulted her.
“Suddenly, the brother in dark clothes jumped onto Stephanie and started choking her by grabbing her by the throat. When her boyfriend Samuel attempted to rescue her he was also grabbed by the throat. After a few seconds he let go of the two extremely shaken couple but went on to threaten them by stating he had marked their faces,” Murgor said.
The two sisters walked to the lift area where more confrontation broke out as they tried to get to their car.
“Suddenly the twin brothers with their lady friend appeared on the ground floor and proceeded to attack Cheryl and Patrick after which both brothers proceeded to the front entrance where Stephanie and Samuel were waiting,” Murgor said.
“At the entrance, one of the brothers violently broke the right-hand door side mirror while the other one broke the left-hand side one before they again went to attack Cheryl.”
“During the incident, the brothers threatened to shoot them,” Murgor said.
The hotel security and police intervened to save the victims from serious injury if not death, added Murgor.
The Ndichu brothers then pleaded to pay for the damage of the car mirrors and a dent at Sh110,000.
“One of the brothers proceeded to pay via M-Pesa after which they both went back to the hotel. However, immediately thereafter, the transaction was reversed. At no point did the young ladies accept any compensation for the assault or injury to themselves,” Murgor said.
They made a report at Akila police station and were issued with P3 forms for injuries including a bite injury on Cheryl and tenderness on the neck of Stephanie.
Stephanie said she was choked by one of the brothers that she can’t now swallow food well while her sister said she had bruises on her hand out of the beating.
They added they had filed and returned their P3 forms out of the assault which was captured on camera and they expect swift action from police.