The four suspects accused of killing human rights activist, Caroline Mwatha, were Friday morning granted bail.
While issuing her ruling, Judge Jessy Lessit said the prosecution did not give compelling reasons to deny the accused persons bail.
However, the judge issued the bail with conditions that the accused shall not go to the New Njiru Clinic which is said to be the scene of crime.
The four; Betty Akinyi, her son Dale Richard Ramoya, Michael Onchiri, and Alexander Gitau will now be required to pay a cash bail of 300,000 shillings or an alternative 500, 000 shillings bond with two sureties of similar amount.
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The four are charged with the murder of the activist and her baby.
Mwatha was reported to have gone missing on Wednesday, February 6 with her disappearance being reported at Buru Buru Police Station on Friday, February 8, 2019.
Her body was found at the City Mortuary in Nairobi on February 12, 2019.
Police reports showed she died after a botched abortion, a claim that her family and human rights groups initially disputed.
Mwatha was the founder member and a caseworker with Dandora Community Social Justice Centre which has been documenting, lobbying and calling for police professionalism, public accountability and an end to extra judicial killings.
Elsewhere, Police Reforms Working Group – Kenya (PRWG -K) has condemned the killing early this week of four people in related incidents in Tharaka Nithi County and is calling for thorough investigations into the matter.
The police reforms watchdog is now calling on the authorities to investigate the incident that also saw the alleged shooting to death of a resident by police.
The murders of Kamaindi Location Chief Japheth Mayau Mukengu and subsequent killing of Chuka OCS Joshua Kinyua has shocked the country, not just because of their gruesome nature, but also because of the circumstances behind the brutal acts.
Security agencies have been deployed to the area to beef up security and to arrest persons who took part in the killings.
