Rex Masai inquest: Former Nairobi DCIO denies knowing officer Murangiri, giving shoot-to-kill orders

Tiberius Ekisa, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Officer formerly in charge of Nairobi Central, testified before the inquest into Rex Masai's killing on Thursday.

Ekisa told the court that he was informed of Rex's death at 7:45p.m. on June 20th last year in a phone call from Bliss Hospital.

He testified that he then deployed officers to identify the deceased and transport his body to the City Mortuary.

"After the postmortem, we commenced our investigation as per our service standing orders," Ekisa said.

He told the inquest that they experienced various hurdles in their investigations, including non-operational CCTV cameras and non-cooperative witnesses.

"The problem was one, members of the public who brought the body to the hospital did not cooperate with us. Whenever we requested them, they said the matter is with IPOA. The hospital did not provide us with the names of those who took the deceased to the hospital. So as to get to the exact location where Rex was shot, on July 3, 2024, I wrote a letter to Jogoo House requesting IC3 CCTV," he explained.

"We also wrote to Reinsurance Plaza requesting them to provide CCTV. Jogoo House cameras were not working since the fibre was being repaired. We went back and talked to the watchmen, who told us that alichukuliwa mahali hapa, but we could not zero in. The officers we sent did not recover any bullets at the scene of the crime."

Ekisa told the court that he forwarded his investigation file to the DPP on October 11, 2024.

"However, to date, we have not received that file back. The toxicology report is not yet out," he said.

In his testimony, Ekisa also denied knowledge of Isaiah Murangiri, a key suspect in Rex's death.

"I had 108 officers. I know them all because we have meetings every week," Ekisa noted.

Question: Do you know an officer called Isaiah Murangiri?
Answer: "I don't know him."

Ekisa also testified that a civilian firearm was reported missing on the material day.

"There was also a report of a stolen civilian firearm within the CBD. But one report has never been recovered to date. I did not give any shoot-to-kill orders," he added.