The brother to gospel music sensation Emmy Kosgey has been found guilty of causing the death of a boy through dangerous driving and was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail. The court heard how Meshack Kipkoech ran over six-year-old Birion Kinda, on December 25, 2017, along the Nakuru-Mogotio Road. It is while on their way that the driver hit a motorcycle rider. “Consequently and noting that the accused had previous records of causing death by dangerous driving, I sentence the accused to five years imprisonment. In the 2008 incident, Kipkoech was charged in Traffic case No 1466/ 2008 with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving resulting in the death of a police officer.

Source: Daily Nation April 30, 2021 07:30 UTC