This archive report was first published on 14 September 2021.
On September 14, 2021, the Naivasha court resumed the hearing of a case against the proprietors of the Milmet Solai Dams, which claimed 48 lives in May 2018.
The case had dragged on for three years, with the court criticizing the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) for delaying the matter.
Senior Principal Magistrate Lucy Njora will begin the session with the first witness who was set to testify at the scene of the incident.
According to the ODPP, two witnesses will testify today at the scene of the tragedy.
The Solai farm owner Perry Manusukh and eight others were charged with 48 counts of manslaughter and failing to prepare an environmental impact assessment report.
Others charged in the case include the farm's General Manager Vinoj Jaya Kumar and Nakuru County Water Director Johnson Kamau Njuguna.
Investigations by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and a Senate Committee found the Solai dam management culpable of causing the deaths of 48 people after the dam burst its embankments amid heavy rains on May 9, 2018.
