ODPP files appeal in Nakuru against police impostor Joshua Waiganjo

– Joshua Waiganjo and co-accused were charged in 2013 on seven charges including impersonation of senior police officers

– The suspects were set free on May 8, 2020, with the court indicating there was no basis for convicting them

– Waiganjo went ahead and wrote a demand letter to his accusers demanding an apology and compensation

– Noordin Haji’s office moved to Nakuru High Court and filed an appeal, its pending hearing

Office of the Director of Public Prosecution has filed an appeal in the Nakuru High Court over the acquittal of police impersonator Joshua Karianjahi Waiganjo.

Waiganjo was charged alongside former Rift Valley provincial police boss John M’mbijiwe and former Anti-stock Theft Unit in-charge Remi Ngugi, now deceased.

Waiganjo faced impersonation charges while M’mbijiwe and Ngugi faced abuse of office charges.

He was accused of masquerading as a senior police officer in the rank of an assistant commissioner of police.

The suspects who were jointly charged before court in 2013 had denied charges.

However, Principal Magistrate Joe Omido in a ruling delivered via video link on May 8, 2020, from Kwale Law Courts to Nakuru said the prosecution failed to prove Waiganjo was an impersonator.

“If the accused persons were to be placed on their defence on any of the charges that they are faced with, there will be no basis upon which any of them can be convicted on any of these charges if they were to offer nothing in defence,” he ruled.

The Director of Public Prosecution moved to court within the 14-day period for appealing and filed an appeal.

“The ODPP has filed an appeal in the High Court in Nakuru against the acquittal of Joshua Waiganjo, accused of impersonating as a police officer and two police officers who abated the crime. The appeal is pending hearing,” said ODPP in a Twitter post.

Already Waiganjo had written a demand letters to former Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere, former Chairperson of National Police Service Commission Johnston Kavuludi and former Director of Criminal Investigations in Naivasha Martin Mbaya.

In the demand letters dated Monday, June 22, Waiganjo asked the three to admit liability and issue an apology to him over the arrest and prosecution.

The demand letters done on behalf of Waiganjo by Musyoki Mogaka and Company Advocates directed the three to issue a public apology in two newspapers of nationwide circulation or issue a press statement to that effect.