The United Kingdom is fully cooperating with the investigation on Agnes Wanjiru, High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has said.
In a report, The Sunday Times indicated that the identity of the British soldier who choked Wanjiru to death in 2012 was known to the army.
Wanjiru was murdered and put into the septic tank on March 31,2012 while her family searched for her.
In a statement on Sunday, Marriott said they will help in any way they can in the investigations.
“Following the conclusion of a Kenyan inquest in 2019, we understand that the Kenyan authorities are looking into the murder. We will support that Kenyan police investigation.”
Marriott said the conduct of the UK military in Kenya is incredibly important to them.
“They do a lot of good in Nanyuki, for the economy and the community. But where there are issues, we have and will address them,” she said.
“Senior military visitors from the UK come to Kenya regularly – including in the coming weeks – and will be discussing Wanjiru’s murder and UK support to the Kenyan investigation.”
The identity of a British soldier who allegedly stabbed a Kenyan mother to death before dumping her body in septic tank in 2012 is widely known in the army.
According to The Sunday Times, five soldiers from the unit gave the same name belonging to soldier X.
After a night of partying in 2012, the naked body of Wanjiru, who left behind a five-month-old daughter, was found at the Lions Court Inn hotel in Nanyuki by a worker who noticed a foul smell.
In the investigations done by The Sunday Times, soldiers who took part in the drunken night with local prostitutes said they were shown Wanjiru’s’ body that evening.
Her fingers and toes were missing due to advanced decomposition. She had a 2cm stab wound to her lower right abdomen and a blunt force injury to her chest. Her lungs had collapsed.
A soldier identified as Soldier Y, said: ‘He took me to the tank and lifted it up, and I looked in and I just remember seeing her in there. My heart sank. My mind just went blank. The only thing I could say to him was: ‘I’ll never forgive you for this.”
Soldier Y also accused the army of a cover-up, saying he told ‘the relevant people’ about the alleged killing.
The Sunday Times says Soldier Y recalled how Soldier X burst into the bar where the other soldiers were partying and appeared visibly distressed, saying: ‘Help me, help me…. I’ve killed her’.
But when contacted for comment, soldier X denied any involvement in the murder of Wanjiru.
“Honestly, I’m not surprised because there were rumours in my battalion. If you speak to people in my battalion they’ll say that,” he said as reported by The Sunday Times.
“But it’s a rumour. There was a rumour going around for a long time, which actually was borderline bullying. But there’s nothing you can do when you’re in the military. There’s a lot of idiots, but there’s no real truth in it.” He said he did not report this alleged bullying. BY THE STAR