From right: Narok senator Stephen Ntutu, MPs, Moitalel Kenta, Patrick
Ntuntu, Johana Ngeno and Korei Lomein at Milimani Courts Nairobi on May
21, 2015. The DPP has dropped a case on their involvement in violent
demonstration against Narok Governor Samuel Tunai. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU
NATION MEDIA GROUP
The Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has dropped a
case against Narok Senator Stephen Ole Ntutu and five MPs, who had been
arrested for holding demonstrations against Governor Samuel Tunai.
The
prosecution told Principal Magistrate Kenneth Cheruyoit on Thursday
that there was no evidence to sustain a trial against the five.
"I
have instructions from the DPP that the evidence contained in the
investigation file taken in its totality does not meet the threshold to
justify a criminal prosecution against the respondents,' prosecutor
Daniel Karuri said.
The leaders will instead be
witnesses in an investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight
Authority to establish who shot and killed a protestor identified as
Sikona Ole Muntet during the demonstrations.
Senior
counsel Paul Muite said his clients will be seeking compensation for the
mistreatment and humiliation they underwent in the hands of the police
after they were summoned to record statements.
Mr
Ntutu, Members of National Assembly Moitalel ole Kenta (Narok North),
Korei Lemein (Narok South), Patrick Ntutu (Narok North) and Johana
Ng’eno (Emurwa Dikir) were arrested in January over protests in Narok town that left two people dead.
They were taken to court and released on bond of Sh500,000.
The
five were arrested two days after violence demonstration over how the
Narok County government spends billions of shillings it collects from
the Maasai Mara Game Reserve annually.
Interior Cabinet
Secretary Joseph Nkaissery had suspended all rallies and demonstrations
in Narok warning that the escalating tension in the county could result
into violent confrontations.
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