Saturday, June 15, 2024 - Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti has succumbed to the injuries that she sustained after she was shot by a Senior Police officer within the court premises on Thursday.
Monica’s death was
announced by Chief Justice Martha Koome.
"I wish to confirm to the
Nation that Hon. Monica Kivuti, Principal Magistrate, Makadara Law Courts has
lost the fight against the extensive injuries sustained during an open gun
attack in Court," CJ Koome said in a statement.
"The Judiciary family
stands in solidarity during this deeply traumatic time and calls for
sensitivity and compassion as we share in grief. May Hon. Kivuti’s soul
rest in eternal peace," Koome added.
She died while receiving
treatment at the Nairobi Hospital where she had been receiving specialized
treatment.
According to a source at the
hospital, she died at 11 PM.
Her liver and intestine were
raptured by bullets during the shooting incident.
The body was moved to Lee
Funeral Home.
Kivuti was shot on Thursday
afternoon at the Makadara Law Court after she made a ruling in a case involving
a policeman's wife.
The police got angry after the
magistrate cancelled his wife’s bond.
The rogue officer, identified as
Chief Inspector Samson Kipchirchir Kipruto, who was in charge of a police
station in Londiani in Kisumu, pulled out a gun and shot the magistrate,
injuring her.
Other officers
in court responded immediately, with one of them shooting the offending
policeman and killing him.
Kipruto had travelled from his
workstation in Londiani to attend a court case where his ailing wife Jenniffer
Wairimu, 48 years was an accused person.
In the case, she is accused of
obtaining money by false pretence amounting to Sh2.9 million.
The woman had pleaded to be
released on cash bail but the magistrate turned down the plea.
This is after she absconded
court sessions over sickness.
A warrant of arrest was issued
against her.
When she appeared on Thursday,
June 13, her bail terms were cancelled and the magistrate ordered she be
remanded at the Lang'ata Women’s prisons.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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