Former Chief Inspector charged with murder

Former Chief Inspector  charged with murder

A former Chief Inspector of Maralal town has been charged with the murder of a Laikipia University Maralal campus student during a demonstration in 2013.

The former Chief Inspector of Maralal Patrick Wafula Manyasi was under probe after he allegedly shot Tom Rono Lokishorumongi during a demonstration in Maralal town, Samburu County on the 30th of October 2013.

The death was, however, earlier reported that Lokishorumongi was a victim of a stray bullet prompting the Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) and the office of public prosecutions to commence parallel investigations to establish the circumstances under which the student died.

IPOA’s recommendations found the inspector culpable of murder and forwarded the file to Tobiko who also concurred and with IPOA’s recommendations and subsequently assigned the Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Nakuru to prosecute the case.

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