A hawker who has been on the
run for the last four years has been charged with killing two businessmen
during an armed robbery in Nairobi.
Mr Peter Kamau Mungai, 32,
was arrested in Trans-Nzoia County by Directorate Criminal Investigations
officers (DCI) then transferred to Nairobi where the alleged offence was
committed in 2014.
When he appeared before
principal magistrate at Milimani High Court Mr Peter Ooko, the accused denied
the indictment filed against him by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
He was allegedly armed with a pistol when he committed the offence.
State prosecutor, Ms Ann
Kajuju Kirimi, told the court that on November 9, 2014 at Mwalim Mungai Farm
within Ruai area in Embakasi sub-county Nairobi in the course of a violent
robbery, Mr Mungai shot dead Amos Mutuma and Harrisson Muriithi.
Ms Kirimi further told the
magistrate that the accused seriously also injured Nelson Kamaita Kipruto.
Defence counsel Simon Mburu
applied to have the accused admitted to bond saying, the offence which the
accused allegedly committed is bailable.
"I urge this court to
invoke Article 49 of the Constitution which requires every suspect to be
admitted to bond then pronounce his freedom,” Mr Mburu pleaded.
He also said unless there
are compelling reasons advanced by the state the suspect should not spend
another day in cells.
Ms Kirimi did not oppose the
defence’s bail request.
“This case will be
consolidated with another which has been fixed for hearing on February14,
2018,” Ms Kirimi stated.
She asked the magistrate to
take judicial notice that the offence in which the accused has been charged
carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
Mr Ooko allowed Mr Mburu’s
bail application and released the accused on a Sh2million bond. Trial has been
set for February 14, 2018.
