Senior County officials in Solai Dam tragedy challenge manslaughter charges

The owner of Patel farm Perry Manusukh Kanasagara (C) and his farm manager Vinoj Jaya Kumar are escorted to court cells after the court set released the suspects on Sh5m bond and a surety of the same. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Two senior officers from Nakuru County government have moved to the High Court to challenge the decision by the DPP to charge them with the deaths of 48 people following the Solai Dam tragedy.

Luka Kipyegen, Rongai sub-county administrator and Johnson Kamau Njuguna the director of water in Nakuru want a judicial review in the manslaughter case that they are facing.