Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has broken her silence following reports that her husband Murega Baichu was questioned by detectives investigating the murder of the Meru blogger Daniel Muthiani popularly known as ‘Sniper’.
Baichu recorded his statement together with Mwangaza's sister Miriam Guantai as detectives intensified their probe into the murder of the blogger.
Responding to the reports, the Meru Governor defended her spouse and sister insisting that the truth will eventually come out.
She argued that her family was targeted in the probe due to lies propagated in connection with the murder of the blogger.
"Calm in the midst of the storm. Lies can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on shoes," Mwangaza stated.
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"We Shall Overcome Gloriously With God's Grace!" she added.
Baichu recorded a statement days after detectives raided their home in Meru over the gruesome murder.
After the raid, Mwangaza directed the DCI to question other Meru leaders who have issued public statements over Sniper's murder.
"Why is the Directorate of Criminal Investigations - DCI Slow in getting statements from some Meru MCA'S and MP's?" Mwangaza posed.
"They are all over the County and in public meetings claiming to know the Killers. And how/ where the incident took place," she added.
"If the DCI won't hold the elected leaders responsible, then they should stop making any further arrests," Mwangaza demanded.
At the moment, five suspects are in custody in connection with the murder. They were nabbed in Meru town within Meru County by detectives from the Homicide Investigation Department at the DCI on January 4, 2024, and booked at various police stations within Nairobi and Kiambu.
This was after Sniper disappeared on December 2 last year before his body was discovered two weeks later. A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of the deceased at the Marimanti Level 4 Hospital mortuary in Tharaka Nithi, Meru County, revealed that he died of strangulation.
