The court has found top police bosses who served in Kisumu during the 2017 general elections liable for the death of a six-month-old baby Samantha Pendo. The 31 officers will now be investigated by ODPP after being found to be persons of interest.
Resident Magistrate Beryl Omollo ordered DPP Noordin Haji to take necessary actions against the officers.
Baby Pendo died in august 2017 after she was clobbered on the head allegedly by police in her parents’ Nyalenda slum house. The top five police officers include former OCS John Thiringi, former County Commander Titus Yoma, former OCPD Kisumu East Christopher Mutune, inspector of police Linah Kogei and Benjamin Koima AP Commandant Kisumu Central.
The officers were responding to the chaos that rocked the lakeside city after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of the august 8, 2017, presidential elections.
Government chemist Joseph Gitonga brought to the court a report on the exhibits provided by IPOA investigator, including a teargas canister.