Lawyer Assa Nyakundi will now be charged with murder after the Director of Public Prosecutions, Noordin Haji, recommended that the lawyer be charged afresh. In a statement dated Friday, July 15, the DPP noted that his office had in 2019 preferred manslaughter charges against the lawyer. However, upon review of the case, fresh evidence from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) emerged pointing to possibility of a murder. Haji stated that his office had received sufficient evidence to prosecute the lawyer. Kenyans.co.keIn 2019, DCI boss, George Kinoti, called for fresh review of the case even as he noted that there were inconsistencies in the manslaughter charges.

Source: Daily Nation July 16, 2022 01:55 UTC