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Court summons senior police officer in Baby Pendo's inquest

Kisumu Sub-county Administration Police commandant Benjamin Koima. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

A Kisumu magistrate's court has summoned a senior police officer who has been adversely mentioned in the inquest seeking to find justice for Baby Pendo.

Mohamed Ali, a police inspector who was one of the two officers commanding 16 police officers in Nyalenda on the day the baby died, according to a deployment order presented in court, is expected to appear on July 9.

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