Magistrate charged with robbery to know fate on July 13

KISUMU, KENYA: A High Court in Kisumu is set to make a landmark ruling on July 13 in a case where a Senior Resident Magistrate and an Administration Police officer are facing charges of robbery with violence.

Jared Sani, a Senior Resident Magistrate at Siaya Law Courts, and Mohamed Shukri, a police officer at Akala police station in Gem, Siaya County, are alleged to have robbed Samson Owino Ogedo of Sh10,000, one Nokia mobile phone costing Sh5000 on 21 December 2014 in Siaya Township, within Siaya County.