The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has conducted forensic ballistics on the gun that was used to shoot an aide to Kimili MP-elect Didmus Barasa’s opponent in the recently concluded general election.
In a statement released on Wednesday, DCI said that ballistic experts based at the DCI National Forensic Laboratory, linked Hon Barasa’s firearm to the fatal shot that killed Brian Olunga, a bodyguard to Brian Khaemba who an MP candidate for Kimilili.
DCI added that the report by the ballistic experts revealed that the recovered cartridge was fired by the Glock pistol issued to the Kimili MP-elect.
The George Kinoti-led directorate said that Barasa was placed on the scene of the murder after investigations by a specialized team of detectives drawn from the Homicide branch, Digital and Cybercrime, and the Forensic Crime Scene Investigations units.
“Ballistic experts based at the DCI National Forensic Laboratory, linked Hon Barasa’s firearm to the fatal shot that took away Olunga’s life. This followed a report issued by the ballistic experts after the investigating team forwarded Hon Barasa’s Glock Pistol, a cartridge retrieved from the scene and bullet fragments to the ballistic lab for forensic analysis. The report noted that the recovered cartridge was fired by the Glock pistol issued to Hon Barasa,” DCI stated.
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The DCI said that it had consolidated massive evidence that linked the legislator to the brutal murder of Olunga.
“In order to deliver justice to the family of the victim, detectives have in their cause of investigations consolidated an avalanche of evidence that irrefutably links the suspect to the murder most foul,” DCI stated.
This comes after Barasa on Wednesday appeared before Kakamega High Court where he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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