Murgor sisters say they've refused an out-of-court settlement with Ndichu twins

Cheryll and Stephanie Murgor, Samuel Ramdas, and Patrick Koech said they had turned down offers from three lawyers and a Kenyan MP to settle the case outside of the courtroom during a press conference on Thursday.

“We have been approached by 3 different advocates, one of whom is also an MP,” the joint statement reads. 

“All seeking an amicable out-of-court settlement on behalf of the Ndichu brothers,”

According to the statement, one advocate, Njenga Kiarie, from the firm of Amadi & Associates followed the offer up with a letter dated October 26  2021 in which he offered to pay for the repairs for the damage to the car belonging to Samuel Ramdas. 

“We politely rejected all the overtures, and indicated that it was in the public interest that the case proceeds to court,” the statement adds.

At the same time, the sisters have denounced what they call a law enforcement attempt to sway the outcome of the ongoing investigation.

They claim that for instance, when they appeared before the Kibera Law courts where the Ndichu brothers were to be charged, they were informed that the twins would not be charged after all, because there were "new directives". 

The sisters further allege a violent and well-coordinated social media campaign of wrongly portraying them as extortionists and influence peddlers who were out to profit from the incident.

They also highlighted the recent developments in the case during the briefing on Thursday, stating there appears to be a concerted drive to have them withdraw the case.

“We take the new developments as a crude attempt by sections of the police toforce our clients to withdraw or compromise their complaints against theNdichu brothers,” the statement reads. 

This comes after Deputy DCI Langata, who has taken over the investigation, called Lawyer Phillip Murgor and asked him to present Cheryl and Patrick to make a statement and submit finger prints, following which they would be charged with Affray alongside Munira.

“This is against all known procedure, whereby all parties are invited to record a normal witness statements and present their witnesses at all, before a decision is made to charge by the DPP,” Murgor said on Thursday. 

“We reject this distracting sideshow, and call upon the DPP to call for the file and give appropriate directions on how the offence of affray should be investigated in the light of the explanation of self defence offered by Cheryll and Patrick in the statements already recorded”, 

The lawyer said a letter has already been written to the office of the DPP, to have the ‘unfolding shenanigans’ brought to an end, and the Ndichu twins charged appropriately.