A hearing of the inquest into the death of interior designer Jeff Mwathi resumes today at the magistrate court in Nairobi.
Jeff, whose real name is Geoffrey Mwathi Ngugi died on February 22, 2023, at Redwood apartment in Roysambu Nairobi.
It is alleged that he fell to his death in a suicide mission. That was after a night of drinking with DJ Fatxo, real name Lawrence Njuguna Wagura.
The two had met on February 21 for an interior design job at DJ Fatxo's business along Eastern Bypass. They later indulged in I food and drinks at various bars and clubs before retiring for rest at Fatxo's house at about 3 am on February 22.
The house was located on the 10th floor of the Redwood apartment within Roysambu. Jeff's father Peter Ngugi who has since testified said his son was murdered and narratives of him having been consumed by suicidal thoughts to the extent of taking away his life are misleading.
Ngugi who testified before Milimani principal magistrate Rose Ndombi said his son was with DJ Fatxo in a bar. They were with three women.
Ngugi said DJ Fatxo then called his driver Geoffrey Wanyeki to come over to the bar to drive him home claiming he was too drunk to be on the steering wheel.
"Wanyeki did not come alone. He came with Njuguna's (DJ Fatxo) cousin Christopher Wang'ombe. They then continued drinking despite having said he was too drunk," Ngugi testified.
Last week, Mugithi singer Samuel Muchoki popularly known as Samidoh, testified and told the court that the crime scene was not secured, as other people were present.
He estimated Mwathi’s time of death to be between 5 and 6 am, with officers from Kasarani Police Station arriving about an hour later. At the scene, he found three women and two men. Citing recorded statements, Samidoh told the court that the DJ was seen leaving with the three women without Mwathi.
He also recounted seeing, through CCTV footage, Mwathi’s body falling from a height. He further said he first saw the body during the second postmortem, already dressed, and expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the first postmortem.
He then went to the DCI headquarters in Kasarani to seek a second opinion, a move he said was supported by other artists.
"I was not satisfied with the first postmortem results, so I sought a second opinion at the DCI headquarters.”
