Former Pangani police officer Ahmed Rashid was not at Eastleigh’s 4th Street at the time two youth were shot dead on March 31, 2017.
In what comes as a shock to many, a Safaricom representative has told the Kibera High Court that call data records analysed by the telco giant could not place Rashid at the scene of crime.
“All calls never placed Rashid at the scene of the shooting,” Daniel Hamisi testified before Judge Diana Kadveza in an ongoing case against the former cop.
On the same day, Peter Kimanzi Mwangangi, who was in charge of the armory at Pangani Police Station, told the court that the Ceska pistol that was allegedly used to kill Jamal Mohamed and Mohamed Dahir Kheri was not issued to any officer from the station on the material day of the shooting.
A career police officer recruited in 1996, Mwangangi told the court that he took over armory duties at Pangani Police Station on May 1, 2017, after returning from medical leave, taking over from Sgt. Allan Kibachio.
During the handover, Mwangangi — who told the court that he heard about the fatal shooting through media reports and viral videos — said he recived two Jericho pistols and an AK-47 rifle. On May 8, 2017, he handed over those firearms to homicide detectives John Wahome and Joseph Owenga from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters, in line with a request letter dated April 11, 2017.
The handover was documented under Occurrence Book (OB) entry number 73/08/05/2017 at 4:57 pm.
On Tuesday, August 19, a ballistics expert had told the court that a firearm alegedly linked to Rashid could not be conclusively tied to the bullets recovered from the 2017 shooting.
Senior firearm examiner Commissioner Lawrence Nthiwa told Justice Kavedza that his analysis did not provide conclusive evidence that the recovered bullets were fired from the weapon marked as Exhibit PA2.
“While polygonal rifling, such as that found in Glock and Jericho pistols, leaves similar impressions, unique markings can identify the specific gun used,” he told the court. “The transfer of markings could be insufficient. Even if they are aligned, it would be improper to conclude.”
So far 12 out of 21 witnesses have testified in the murder case against ex-cop Rashid.
