High Court Suspends Life Imprisonment of The 10 KDF Officers.
High Court Suspends Life Imprisonment of The 10 KDF Officers: A high in Mombasa has stopped sentencing of 10 ex- KDF soldiers whose acquittal was overturned in March.
An order by Justice Gregory read,” It is hereby ordered that pending the hearing inter parties of the said Motion the execution of the sentence imposed by the Court Martial against the Applicant (s) be and is hereby stayed and or suspended.”
The trial court had sentenced them to life imprisonment but they were not satisfied, so they challenged the ruling at the first appellate court which freed them.
However, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), expressed dissatisfaction therefore, moved to the Court of Appeal which ruled in the state’s favour.
In their judgment, Justices Agnes Murgor, Mumbi Ngugi and George Odunga ordered the re-hearing of the appeal by a High Court judge other than the judge who previously handled the matter.
Each of the former KDF officers made separate applications before the court to have their sentences suspended pending the hearing.
The 10 Ex- KDF soldiers are;Samuel Kimani Onesmus, Victor Nabwera, Samuel Maingi, Alfred Egesa Kitole, Gabriel Kirigha Chawana, Leonard Kighombe, Japheth Muriithi, Ashford Chabari, Soud Mohamed Omar and Romano Ntongundu.
The matter will hereby be heard on April 22 and April 24.
Also read Kirinyaga woman Weds dead husband who passed in a road accident