A man who was accused of shooting a Kenya Power staff member with an arrow in 2024 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Delivering the ruling, Chief Magistrate Paul Wechuli at the Kithimani Magistrate's Court termed the actions of the defendant as deliberate. "His overt act of wilfully and carefully placing an arrow on a bow and shooting at the complainant means that he was in the process of killing the complainant," the judge ruled. "His actions do not amount to a mere preparation to commit the offence; he had put his plans in motion before he was restrained and his bow broken." Kenya Power engineers repair a collapsed pylon.
Photo Kenya Power The ruling was delivered after the prosecution, led by Fred Kimathi and James Gachoka, presented their case, including eye witness reports from five witnesses, which the suspect did not deny.
On June 7, 2024, the victim, a Kenya Power staff member, was conducting a routine task of pruning trees encroaching on power lines at the Kithendu village, Yatta Sub-County in Machakos after power went out in the area.
