Judiciary receives copy of Dedan Kimathis case file

Judiciary receives copy of Dedan Kimathis case file

Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga says Judiciary has received a copy of original documents relating to trial against the death sentence of the late freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi from the United Kingdom.

Mutunga says Judiciary officers recovered files relating to the 1956 trial and conviction in Nyeri and later the appeal against the death sentence from the Senate House Library of the University of London last week.

The CJ says the files ended up in the library as a donation from a private collection of the late Ralph Millner, the lawyer who represented Kimathi in the trial by the colonial government.

Kimathi was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of the Emergency Regulations of 1952 and faced a second count of unlawful possession of ammunition and was sentenced to death for the first count and seven years imprisonment with hard labor for the second count.

Mutunga intimated that the file will be among rare exhibits in the new Judicial Museum of Kenya to open soon at the Supreme Court Building to feature information and collections from the Judiciary’s history.

“The Museum will feature information and collections covering key epochs in the evolution of the Kenyan Judiciary, notably traditional African justice systems, Judiciary during the colonial era, post-Independence Judiciary and the Modern Judiciary,” said Mutunga.

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