In an interview DCI Kinoti has revealed survival story that has shocked the nation because he says he is still alive even after taking 28 bullets from a gang that shockingly he has linked to Ngugi’ Wa Thiong’o’s attackers.
On the night of the 28 bullets, Kinoti left his Kanga team, telling them to go prepare for the night operation. They were to wait for him at the Simmers Restaurant (since demolished) at their reserved table, before proceeding on patrol.
But before they could meet, Kinoti faced five armed men who sprayed him with bullets that sent him into a coma for days.
“I engaged the five gangsters. I accepted to die but wanted to save the members of the public who had gathered there,” Kinoti said.
The attack occurred when Kinoti was threatened with assassination for probing the attack on
Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife at Norfolk apartments in Nairobi.
The former guards, who had been deployed at Norfolk Apartments, attacked the couple on the nights of August 11 and 12, 2004, while armed with two pistols, one machete and a bolt cutter.
He says the case was so sensitive that some of the lawyers almost went physical with him.
“I knew the thugs were killing me. I really fought. Fortunately, they did not get the upper part of my body. My stomach was ripped to pieces. Those who rescued me collected my intestines. My leg was in two pieces,” said Kinoti
The DCI boss says a doctor rescued him after he was already tagged as ‘dead’.
Doctors implanted metal during surgery to reattach his leg.
The three men who attacked writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and his wife, Njeeri, years ago were sentenced to hang.Two high Court judges upheld the conviction of Elias Sikuku Wanjala, Peter Mulati Wafula and Richard Kayago Maeta.
The three were in December 2006 convicted of violent robbery and sentenced to death by hanging. Wafula was also found guilty of sexually assaulting Njeeri and sentenced to serve 21 years behind bars.
Do you believe Ngugi’s attackers were also involved in Kinoti’s brutal attack?