Two police officers have been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of murdering a suspect who was in their custody at Nyamatoki police post in Nyamira back in August 2019.
Police Corporal James Ogwagwa Nyakina was handed a 30-year jail term, while Police Constable Jackson Kirui Kipngeno was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Amos Kemosi Kereri.
The court found out that the two officers, while on night patrol alongside other police officers, arrested Kereri and took him to the police post where they assaulted him.
When he was taken to hospital the following morning, he was pronounced dead.
The prosecution, led by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joel Chirchir, called 14 witnesses to prove the case.
