Two police officers charged with the murder of a suspect in Nyamatoki police cells in Nyamira on 19th August 2019 have been jailed.
James Ogwagwa Nyakina, a police corporal, was sentenced to serve 30 years’ imprisonment, while Jackson Kirui Kipngeno, a police constable, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
The court found that the two police officers who were working at the Nyamatoki police post jointly murdered Amos Kemosi Kereri.
The prosecution established that the two officers, while on night patrol together with other police officers, arrested the deceased and took him to the said post, where the two assaulted him and when he was taken to the hospital the following morning, he was pronounced dead.
The prosecution called a total of 14 witnesses to prove the case.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr Joel Chirchir, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions.
