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Kianjokoma brothers: Court declines to stop murder charges against six officers

Five out of the six police officers (covering their heads) accused of killing two brothers in the Kianjokoma area of Embu county at a Milimani court on Tuesday, August 31,2021 [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Six police officers linked to the killing of two brothers in Kianjokoma village, Embu County, have dropped a case in which they were seeking the exhumation of the bodies after the High Court declined to suspend their plea-taking.

Consolota Njeri, Benson Mputhia, Lilian Cherono, Martin Wanyama, Nicholas Sang and James Mwaniki dropped the case immediately after Justice Weldon Korir dismissed their application. Their lawyer Dunstan Omari informed the court that the case should be marked as withdrawn.

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