KILIMANI MURDER SUSPECTS TO FACE MORE CHARGES

KILIMANI MURDER SUSPECTS TO FACE MORE CHARGES

By Chris Ojow

Businessman Chris Philip Obure and his

personal security Robert Bodo Ouko will be

charged with four counts of failing to secure

firearm, failing to secure ammunition, being in

possession of a firearm without licence and

being in possession of ammunition.

As Director of Criminal Investigation Detectives

arrested a Congolese National Yatha Bahati

Josuf on allegations that he was in constant

communication with the murder suspects

before a 28 year old business associate Kelvin

Omwenga was allegedly shot in his bedroom at

Galana Kilimani Area Nairobi County under

unclear circumstances.

Appearing before Nairobi’s Senior Principal

Magistrate Sinkian Tobiko at Milimani law

Court on Thursday 10th September 2020 at

11.56 am East Africa Time, through their

officers of the Court Arum, Nyaberi and Prof

Patrick Limumba, the suspects in a brief oral

application requested the court to Defer plea

taking to Friday 11th September.

Chris Obure through his lawyer informed the

court that he developed coronavirus symptoms

and was rushed to Satellite Nairobi Medical

Institution, where the State Prosecution did not

object to the suspects application and the duty

Court granted the application.

And in a separate miscellaneous application

where State in application filed before Court

seeking more days to detain a Congolese

National Bahati, was dismissed and the Senior

Principal Magistrate Sinkian Tobiko released

the accused on a cash bail of 0.1 million Kenya

shillings with a condition that he report to the

Director of Criminal Investigation Office for

further interrogation.