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NIS man accused of shooting friend dead detained for 20 days

Peter Kiplangat Chuma at the Makadara Law Courts where Principal Magistrate Renee Kitangwa allowed his detention for 20 days to allow police to investigate the killing of Joel Austin Macharia Maina on Wednesday, June 18 night. [Fred Kagonye, Standard]

A spy who allegedly shot dead his friend at Nairobi’s Thome Estate will now be detained for 20 days to allow police to investigate the incident.

Peter Kiplangat Chuma, who works for the National Intelligence Service (NIS), was before Makadara Principal Magistrate Renee Kitangwa for the miscellaneous application.

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