Several bullets got fired at close-range, the postmortem revealed, severing Mwanguku’s heart, liver, and lungs.
The nighttime shooting led to massive internal bleeding, which caused Mwanguku's death, for which Gitahi, now aged 58, is standing trial.
The murder trial of an indicted police, David Gitahi, begins today at Voi High Court, nearly 2 years after he allegedly shot dead a reveller in Taveta. An autopsy showed Juma Mwanguku was shot four times in the chest, wrist and arm on Mar 29, 2019, while drinking at Rockland club
Taveta Law Court has released the group, each on Sh20,000 personal bond. They denied assembling "unlawfully". @ODPP_KE dropped the count of "contravening #Covid19 health protocols". More: https://t.co/aRkEk7bueI
BREAKING
Taveta police arrest MUHURI's Kelly Aduo, Francis Auma, and three elderly women just minutes before they held a peaceful protest over the lack of medical services at public hospitals in Taita Taveta.
Police have released the duo, each on Sh10k cash bail. Cops arrested them when they peacefully protested @FerryKenya's cashless payment that discriminates against users w/o M-Pesa. Police trumped-up charges, claiming they created disturbance & obstructed. Arraignment is tomorrow.
BREAKING:
Police arrest MUHURI chairman Khelef Khalifa and rapid response officer Francis Auma for protesting M-pesa-only payment at Likoni crossing channel. Without M-pesa payment, none is allowed to cross, @FerryKenya says.
Human rights activist Francis Auma of @MUHURIkenya arrested in Mombasa for protesting against the monopoly by @Safaricom Mpesa as the mode of payment at the Likoni Ferry, causing ferry users unnecessary delays.
He'll be arraigned in court tomorrow.