Pictured is Jomo Kenyatta at the burial of Snr Chief Waruhiu wa Kungu)

Pictured is Jomo Kenyatta at the burial of Snr Chief Waruhiu wa Kungu)

Pictured is Jomo Kenyatta at the burial of Snr Chief Waruhiu wa Kungu)
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐌𝐛𝐢𝐲𝐮 𝐊𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: The son of powerful former Senior Chief Koinange Mbiyu. He was charged as a principal planner of the murder because of political and familial rivalries, but was ultimately acquitted due to lack of concrete evidence.

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐮: Tried for the murder alongside Gathuku and Waweru but acquitted on April 10, 1953, due to insufficient evidence

𝐄𝐱-𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐊𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐛𝐢𝐲𝐮: Charged alongside other family members as an accessory after the fact for allegedly financing the plot, but not convicted of the murder.

𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅

𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐤𝐮 𝐰𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐰𝐞: A shopkeeper accused of being the shooter. He initially confessed to accepting 30 shillings and a pistol to kill the chief but later retracted it, claiming torture.

𝐖𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐮 𝐰𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: A taxi driver accused of driving the getaway Ford Consul. He was convicted alongside Gathuku and hanged.

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔
𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐔𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐮 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: Six individuals were tried separately for conspiracy to commit murder. The judge set them free after ruling that the main prosecution witness was completely unreliable, though they were immediately re-detained under Emergency Regulations.