Friday, April 12, 2024 –The fourteen suspects in the alleged Bomet gang rape incident will be held for another 14 days following a court verdict after their dramatic arrest of Thursday.
The court sitting in Bomet under Resident Magistrate Mbeti Michuki allowed the police to detain the suspects following a successful application by Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI officer Jefferson Mwithi.
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Mwithi applied that he is intending to press gang rape charges on the accused seven who were captured on video tape sharing a single lady.
The suspects were nabbed on Thursday and booked at Bomet Police Station after a disturbing video that was filmed last year in December started making rounds om social media on Wednesday.
The video has attracted a wide condemnation from various organizations, including the Bomet Girl Guide Association led by Chairperson Dorine chepkirui.
Dorine said the disgusting video has exposed the rot in society, a sentiment echoed by former Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Bomet Chairperson Sally Kirui.
Elsewhere in Kakamega County, controversial politician Rashid Echesa has resurfaced days after he was reported hospitalised following a scene with Kakamega County Governor Fernades Barasa.
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“I take this opportunity in a special way to thank all Kenyans for their fruitful prayers and all those who came to visit me at the Muthaiga Police station and The Karen Hospital, including:- emeritus Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya, Sanator Bony Khalwale,” he posted today Friday.
Echesa and Governor Fernandes Barasa are embroiled in dirty local politics that seem to border on extortion claims.