Wheels of Justice: Court stories lined up for today.
Three police officers, including Central police station’s interdicted OCS Samson Taalam, are today expected to be charged with the murder of Albert Ojwang, who was killed in the cells at the station some two weeks ago.
Taalam was on Monday, June 23, arraigned before Kibera High Court judge Diana Kavedza alongside police officers James Mukhwana and Peter Kimani.
Others to be charged together with the interdicted officers are John Ngige Gitau, Gin Ammitou Abwao and Brian Mwaniki Njue, who are all said to have been in the cell at the time Ojwang was killed.
The six are to be charged with murder contrary to Section 204 of the Penal Code.
On Monday, when they appeared before Justice Kavedza, the court directed that the plea-taking be postponed as some of the suspects did not have lawyers.
The judge said it would be prejudicial to have them plead to charges without legal representation.
She directed that they be assigned lawyers before plea-taking proceeds today.
Elsewhere at the Milimani law courts, senior principal magistrate Dolphina Alego will today rule on the bail/bond application of a director charged with stealing Sh356.7 million from an import export firm in Nairobi.
Honey Khatwani on Monday pleaded not guilty to the theft, and his lawyer asked the court for lenient bond/bail terms, saying he was the sole breadwinner for his family.
The prosecution, through counsel Victor Owiti, said they were not opposed to Khatwani being granted bond or bail but urged the court to issue strict terms that would ensure attendance.
Khatwani is an Indian national who lives in Kenya with his family and works as a director at Oki General Trading Limited in Baba Dogo within Ruaraka constituency.
The charge sheet shows that on diverse dates between January 2020 and June 2024, being a director at Oki General Trading Limited, stole Sh356,711,174.4, the property of the firm, which came into his possession by virtue of his employment.
