KENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE IN NAIVASHA

October 3, 2016: Two men were sentenced to death in Naivasha after being found guilty of robbery with violence.
Paul Kimani Njeri and Amos Nduati Gitau were booked with seven counts of robbery with violence and handling stolen property.
Chief magistrate Peter Gesora set three other suspects free for lack of evidence.
Kimani, who is the son of a Naivasha politician, had previously been convicted of robbery and fined Sh40,000 by a different court.
The suspects also faced charges of being in possession of ammunition and an imitation of a firearm during the robbery.
Those set free included Kenneth Mutinda Njeri, John Thiong’o Kinyua and Joseph Gachanja Guchu.
In one of the issues that attracted the wrath of area residents, the five had been charged with raiding the home of a taxi driver.
The court had heard that on October 30, 2015, the five who were armed with a gun, held the taxi driver's wife and househelp hostage for over an hour. (Sources: the-star.co.ke, 03/10/2016)