The Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga has announced that eight police bosses in the killing of Baby Samantha Pendo in Kisumu will now be State witnesses.
The officers were facing murder charges in the Baby Pendo case and 39 other victims of 2017 post-election violence.
The officers, who had been linked to the murder of Baby Pendo and other protester victims, will now record statements and testify on behalf of the prosecution, the DPP said.
The development comes hours after the DPP dropped murder charges against the officers Titus Yoma, Titus Mutune, Benjamin Koima, Benjamin Lorema, Volker Edambo, Josphat Sensira, Mohammed Ali Guyo, and Mohammed Baa (who has been on the run), and while authorising the prosecution of four other officers. "Consequently, I have directed that the eight officers record statements as prosecution witnesses," Ingonga stated.
