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Baby Pendo: DPP Ingonga gets 30 days to trace, arrest ex-police

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Samantha Pendo who died of head injuries sustained during a police raid at their family home in Nyalenda slums in Kisumu in August 2017. 

Photo credit: File | Ondari Ogega | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • High Court judge Margaret Muigai on Thursday said should the police fail to arrest Mr Mohammed Amin Baa, Mr Ingonga could amend the charge sheet and proceed with the prosecution of 11 other police officers implicated in the murder of Kisumu residents in 2017.
  • “I find that the DPP needs time to trace and arrest the suspect required to face justice for committing atrocities against humanity,” Justice Muigai stated.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga has been given 30 days to arrest a retired police officer wanted for the murder of Baby Samantha Pendo and 39 other people in 2017.

High Court judge Margaret Muigai on Thursday said should the police fail to arrest Mr Mohammed Amin Baa, Mr Ingonga could amend the charge sheet and proceed with the prosecution of 11 other police officers implicated in the murder of Kisumu residents in 2017.