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Court of Appeal halts Koinange widow's attempted murder prosecution

Mbiyu Koinange’s widow Eddah Wanjiru during submissions at Nakuru High Court  in 2014. She is among six people accused of  killing Maasai Land Rights activist Moses Ole Mpoe.   [Boniface  Thuku]

The Court of Appeal has temporarily stopped prosecution of former Cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange’s widow, Eddah Wanjiru.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) instituted another charge of attempted murder against Ms Wanjiru in 2012, two years after she was charged with murder of a lands right activist.

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