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Kenya: Police Officer to Face Murder Charges Over Death of Kiamaiko Butcher

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A court has ordered that a police officer, who killed a butcher in Nairobi six years ago, be charged with murder.

Following an inquest, Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi ordered police constable David Kibet Rono be prosecuted for killing Nura Malicha Molu at the Kiamaiko goat market on April 20, 2015.

“Justice must be done for Nura who was felled by Rono under unclear circumstances,” Mr Andayi ruled.

Nura’s mother, Ms Malicha Molu, celebrated the verdict. “I am happy that justice will be done at last for my son after many years of agony,” she told the Nation.

Ms Molu praised the court, her lawyer and the Independent Police Oversight Authority (Ipoa) which pursued the matter with determination.

Mr Andayi directed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji to immediately arrest Rono and charge him with murdering Malicha.

The magistrate ruled that the evidence presented by Ipoa has established that Nura was murdered for no apparent reason.

Mr Andayi said Rono, who was in the company of another officer, shot at Nura on allegations that he had attempted to attack him with a knife after a botched robbery.

The magistrate said there was a cover-up since the knife, a techno mobile phone and Sh5,000 allegedly recovered from Nura were never produced in court as evidence.

Mr Andayi also said the two police officers misrepresented facts in court by saying that they called an ambulance from San Frontiers Medicines to take Nura to the hospital yet his neighbour, Amina Sakwa, is the one who took him to the Huruma Nursing Home.