The trial of an AP officer accused of
the murder of his estranged wife and
Kalenjin musician Diana Chemutai,
stage name Chelele, will be held in
Kisumu.
Justice Jessie Lesiit yesterday
directed the case, which has been
transferred three times, be handled at
the High Court in Kisumu.
The musician and her husband
were in 2012 charged before the High
Court in Kericho with the murder of
an Eldoret surveyor Eliud Yego, who
allegedly had an affair with her.
But on
January 7 Chelele was found murdered,
and her body dumped outside her
house in Kapkwen, Bomet county.
The state dropped charges against
Chemutai while directing that officer
Eric Musila remains in custody.
State counsel Catherine Mwaniki
said all witnesses come from Bureti and
it would be economical to conduct the
trial nearby.
Musila has failed to take
a plea twice as a mob attempted to
lynch him while he was being escorted
to prison.
Musila’s lawyer Wameyi
Makomeri yesterday said he is uncomfortable
with the case sittings being
held in Nakuru, Naivasha or Eldoret
for security reasons.
The case will be
mentioned on December 16.
