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Lawyer Kirimi Mbogo, 4 others put on witness protection

Lawyer Kirimi Mbogo at the Meru Law Courts over a land adjudication case.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Charles Wanyoro

What you need to know:

  • The judicial officers told Maua Senior Principal Magistrate Tito Gesora that they were afraid of testifying in the case following Mr Mbogo’s shooting in the stomach early September.
  • The four are witnesses in a case where one Mr Joseph Mithika Giteme is charged with the offence of giving false information to a person employed in the public service contrary to section 129 (a) of the Penal Code.

A Meru High Court has placed lawyer Kirimi Mbogo, three judicial officers and a banker on witness protection after they expressed fear for their lives for seeking to testify in a criminal case at a Maua court.

The judicial officers told Maua Senior Principal Magistrate Tito Gesora that they were afraid of testifying in the case following Mr Mbogo’s shooting in the stomach early September.

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