A herdsman has been charged in an Eldoret Court for murdering the wife of former Kakamega DC Paul Yatich.
Boniface Kiptoo denied three counts when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Harrison Barasa.
He was charged with robbery with violence and handling stolen property valued at more than Sh400,000 belonging to the deceased.
Kiptoo denied that on the night of October 13th and 14th with others not before the court and armed with crude weapons like pangas they robbed Loise Targok Barsibet of property including a vehicle and killed her.
They committed the offense at Kibulgeny in Uasin Gishu county.
The items stolen include a motor vehicle make Toyota KAU 610K, a table, a mattress, a blanket, a gas cylinder, a TV Set, Equity Bank ATM, Boresha Sacco ATM and driving licence.
He faced two other counts of handling stolen property which belonged to the deceased.
"Based on what the prosecution had said, the accused will be remanded in custody but may at a later date make a fresh application for bail," the court ruled.
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He directed the case be herd on November 15.
Kiptoo was arrested October 27 in Umoja Estate in Nakuru but Eldoret Chief magistrate Charles Obulutsa gave police 14 days to complete investigations into the murder of Loise.
Loise was an employee of the Teachers Service Commission in Uasin Gishu.
Her decomposing body was found in her house in Kiplombe area within Eldoret three weeks ago.
She had deep cuts all over her body and police suspect she was raped before being killed.
Two other suspects, Laban Cheruiyot and Simon Lumile, were released last week following directives from the DPP's office that they will be witnesses against Kiptoo.
Loise will be buried in Baringo on Friday after her family withdrew a court case blocking the burial.
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