Do you recall the shooting that happened City Park last year, with some allegations of a nephew of a businesswoman that was shot dead by policemen? The young man was alleged to be making love to his aunt when she was killed? Well, Bernard Chege, the survivor of a strange police shooting in which his aunt, Ms Janet Waiyaki, was killed testified at the Milimani Law Court yesterday during the hearing of the case.
Mr Bernard Chege told High Court judge Martha Mutuku, that he, Janet Waiyaki and a friend identified as Koome spent the entire night of May 19, 2018 at Pangani shopping centre, chewing miraa. Asked by the prosecutor if they were doing anything unusual, Mr Chege said they were just “chilling”.
During his testimony he said he learnt of his alleged affair with his aunt through the media. Asked why Janet’s underwear and other inner clothing’s were found in the car, Chege could not explain. At first, he said he could not remember, but after a little prodding by the defence lawyers, all he could say was that the clothes did belong to Janet.
Chege said he had earlier in the evening picked Ms Waiyaki from her home in Donholm and headed to Pangani. They then drove towards Naivasha in the wee hours of the morning, “to view the sunrise” at the Rift Valley view point. They fuelled their vehicles, and Koome drove them off. Upon reaching the scene, it was foggy but they still took pictures before heading back to Nairobi.
On their way, Mr Chege said his aunt (Ms Waiyaki) did not want to go back to her house yet and it was then that they decided to drive to City Park and get some rest. He said he dozed off on the driver’s seat as she slept at the back before they were rudely awoken by someone banging on the car door.“I then saw people and a gun. I switched on the engine and drove off,” he said, adding that he only drove for a few meters before stopping when he felt a sharp pain in his back. “I realised I had been shot. I was bleeding profusely and I called for help. A policewoman assisted me into a waiting vehicle and took me to Avenue Park hospital,” he added.
The witness said before leaving the scene, he called Ms Waiyaki but she could not respond. He was later hospitalized for two weeks. Asked by the prosecutor about his relationship with Ms Waiyaki, Mr Chege said they were very close and they had been to City Park previously. He denied claims that he was found naked inside the car and that he disobeyed orders by the police to open the vehicle.
Two policemen, Mr William Chirchir and Mr Godfrey Kirui, from Makadara and Industrial Area police stations, respectively, have denied killing the businesswoman in the May 20, 2018 incident. The hearing was adjourned to June 26.