The Sunday Times reports that a year after the body of Wanjiru was discovered from a septic tank at Lions Court Hotel, the suspected killer (known through the investigation as Soldier X) wrote a cheeky post on Facebook. Apparently, the post comprised two photos of the hotel accompanied by the caption “If you know, you know,” on which he tagged a number of the other soldiers who were in Kenya with him at the time.
One of them responded with a picture of a ghost emoji while another added the words “septic tank”. Soldier X followed by posting an emoji of an angel, ostensibly to assert innocence, as his colleagues responded with a cartoon image of a baby crying at a funeral, a scene from the television show Family Guy. This could be seen as an allusion to the fact that Wanjiru was a single mother who left behind a five-month-old daughter named Stacy.
Choked Soldier X has defended himself against allegations of murder, adding that he and Wanjiru were enjoying a night of intimacy when he choked her by mistake.
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When asked if he “gets all choked up thinking about that place” in the Facebook post, he replied with the words “come to think of it I have had a sore throat today.” This was followed by another soldier adding a laughter emoji to the comment, with another replying with “Wow wow we wow.” A total of nine soldiers were involved in the Facebook conversation, a revelation that adds weight to earlier claims that Wanjiru’s death was an “open secret” in the regiment.
Kenyan officials tried to suppress investigation A diplomatic source in Nairobi indicated that the Kenyan government tried to suppress an investigation into the alleged murder to preserve international relations between Britain and Kenya. According to the source, Kenya “couldn’t afford” to risk damaging that relationship which was necessary for fostering the country’s intelligence in the fight against al-Shabaab. Britain has for years used Kenya as a training ground for its troops, with over 1,000 Kenyan soldiers trained by British forces.
