
Nine employees of Nairobi's Somer Club have been detained for five days following the death of a client, Brian Mwendo, on April 5. Mwendo was reportedly assaulted with a blunt object by a bouncer identified as Momanyi on April 4 at approximately 3 AM, and later succumbed to his injuries at Kenyatta National Hospital. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI launched an investigation, leading to the arrest of the employees on April 10, while Momanyi remains at large. The detained employees, including Maxwel Mwanzi, Esther Wanjiru, Sheril Okello, Jedida Kamau, Grace Mutheu, Rosmary Wambui, Marry Muhonja, Monica Wanjiku, and Catherine Mutheu, appeared before Presiding Magistrate Paul Mutahi at the Milimani Law Court on April 13. They face charges of being accessories after the fact to murder and conspiracy to commit a felony. The investigating officer requested further detention, citing that the suspects are considered flight risks due to unverified identities and residences, and a lack of cooperation from both the employees and the club's management. The magistrate granted a five-day detention period to allow for mobile phone and CCTV analysis, postmortem results, and the apprehension of the main suspect.
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