A Senior Nairobi County Official to Appear in Court Over Assault Charges

The ODPP recommended last month that the the suspect be arraigned charged for the offence.

But the official has been enjoying protection by senior cops at the Nairobi regional police command

A senior Nairobi County government official facing serious assault charges has been finally been bonded to appear in court next week.

The official in the rank of deputy director presented herself at Gigiri Police Station on Tuesday March 7, 2023 accompanied by her advocate after being summoned as required by law.

She was bonded to appear before Kibera Law Courts on March 15, 2023 to answer charges of allegedly assaulting her step daughter who suffers from autistic disorder twice.

The case involves a 28 year old girl who suffers from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), thus a person living with disability. She was reportedly assaulted twice last December by her step mother, sustaining injuries in the neck.

Last month, The Office of the Director of Prosecutions (DPP) recommended that the suspect be immediately arraigned before court and charged for the offence.

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However, the suspect has been enjoying police protection by sleuths at the Nairobi regional police headquarters acting in cahoots with some state counsel who have have been shielding her from the investigation officers.

Last week, sources in the family complained that some senior officers at the Nairobi regional police headquarters and state counsel in the ODPP were protecting the county official not to be arraigned and charged for the alleged offence.

They claimed senior officers at the Nairobi regional police command acting in cahoots with some State Counsel in the ODPP were frustrating the investigation officer from arraigning the suspect.

A medical report confirmed the assault. The victim’s mother died some years back and the father married another wife, who has now turned out to be her tormentor.

The matter was reported to Gigiri Police Station where investigation was carried out and the file forwarded to the DPP for perusal and further direction.

On February 17, 2023 the Director of Public Prosecutions wrote to Gigiri Police Station directing the investigation officer to arraign the suspect.

“Kindly proceed and have the suspect arraigned before court for plea taking and further forward the file to our ODPP offices for plea-registration”, reads the letter in part.

But DPP’s recommendation further says that: “having gone through the police file and the evidence presented by way of witness statements, medical examination report and the statement of the investigating officer, we find that the evidence as presented satisfies the threshold required to be admitted for approval”.

The suspect is also said to be having a strained relationship with her husband and she has reportedly moved out of their matrimonial home in Nairobi’s Runda Estate.

The woman also faces separate accusations of making a false report to the police that her husband had threatened to kill her together with their children.

The husband who sought anonymity said the estranged wife made a false distress call to police headquarters on the night of January 9, 2023 claiming he had threatened to kill her but detectives found no evidence when detectives visited the home.

He pointed out that he made a report to the police but the estranged wife was yet to be charged for giving false information to the police.