Peter Mugure: Court Awards Ex-KDF Officer Charged With Murder Of Wife, Children KSh 2m For Unlawful Dismissal

• The Employment and Labour Court has awarded former KDF officer and murder suspect Peter Mugure KSh 2 million for unlawful dismissal from the force
• The Nyeri Employment and Labour Court Judge, Onesmum Kamau, ruled that Mugure's dismissal was unfair and unlawful
• Mugure, a former major in the Kenya Air Force, was charged with the murder of his wife and two children in October 2019

Nyeri- The Employment and Labour Court has awarded former KDF officer Peter Mugure KSh 2 million for what it termed as unlawful dismissal from the force.

Mugure, a former major in the Kenya Air Force, has been behind bars at the King'ong'o Maximum Prison after being charged with the murder of his wife and two children in 2019.

According to a report by the Daily Nation, Nyeri Employment and Labour Court Judge Onesmus Makau ruled that the murder suspect's dismissal was unfair and unlawful, adding that he is entitled to termination benefits.

The judge also ordered that Mugure be compensated further for any injuries he sustained during his service.

"A declaration that the termination of his commission was unfair, unlawful and unconstitutional. as it was done in breach of express provisions of the law," the judge said in his verdict.

"In the foregoing, if find that accused conditional rights were trumped upon I therefore make the following order that the accused is entitled to his termination benefits including pension," he ruled.

Mugure sues gov't

In 2021, the suspect asked a court in Nyeri to declare his termination unlawful after he sued the Ministry of Defence over his summary dismissal.

He also listed then-Attorney General Kihara Kariuki as the second respondent in a case he accused the government of stopping his salary without according him a fair hearing.

Through lawyer George Gori, the former army man told Nyeri Employment and Labour Relations Court that he stopped receiving his salary in May 2020 after his arraignment.

Mugure accused of killing his family

Mugure was accused of killing his estranged wife and two children, Shanice Maua and Prince Michael in October 2019.

The three had , him at the Laikipia Airbase work station office on Friday, October 25, 2019.

During the trial, the court was told Mugure sent money to Joyce on October 22 and October 24 to facilitate her and the children's travel to Laikipia.

The victims had been reported missing for three weeks after their Laikipia visit.