This archive report was first published on 3 July 2019.
On July 3, 2019, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) announced the review of baby Samantha Pendo's case file in a bid to prosecute police officers linked to her brutal death.
According to DPP Noordin Haji, the prosecution will be informed by the findings of a public inquest into the killing of the infant in the August 2017 post-election chaos.
The inquest's findings indicted five police commanders for 'overseeing brutality' that led to the death of baby Pendo.
Autopsy results revealed that baby Pendo succumbed to severe head injuries inflicted on her by officers responding to protests in Kilo, Nyalenda estate in Kisumu County.
The officers implicated in the incident include Mr. Titus Yoma, Kisumu County Police Commander at the time, Mr. Christopher Mutune, former Kisumu East OCPD, and Mr. Bernard Kipkosgey Koima, Deputy Sub-County AP Commander in charge of the area where the incident happened.
Others are Mrs. Linah Kosgey, the then Nyalenda OCS, and Mr. John Thiringi, the OCS for Kisumu Central at the time.
