A post-mortem on Ms Wanjiku’s body revealed that she had been raped and her cervical joints fractured before being dumped into the river.
Senator Kang’ata, in a letter dated October 9, decried the slow pace of investigations and failure to arrest and prefer murder charges against the suspect, saying his statement to the Institute’s management and the post-mortem results were enough to charge him.
“Despite the overwhelming evidence attributed to the concealment of the alleged drowning by the fellow student and [him] being found with her phone and keys, the pace of investigations has been slow,” Mr Kang’ata said in his letter to the DCI.
Linet Wanjiku, the student at Michuki Technical Training Institute who was found dead in River Mathioya had gone for an outing with another student.
It was after other students missed Ms Wanjiku that they demanded answers from the male student who was believed to be her lover.
He told them that Ms Wanjiku had drowned in the river, prompting the search which resulted to her being found dead.
Referring to the post-mortem report and the male student’s statement to the institute’s management and other students, Senator Kang’ata wonders why the suspect has not been arrested and charged.
“Despite the overwhelming evidence attributed to the concealment of the alleged drowning by the fellow student and [him] being found with her phone and keys, the pace of investigations has been slow.
“Kindly, the essence of doing this polite letter is to ask your good office to order speedy investigations and allow the family of the deceased closure in this tragic happening,” the letter reads.
The student, 18, had just joined the institution and was pursuing a course in hair dressing.