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Slain Ivy Wangeci s mother Winfred Kingori before Eldoret High court on July 8, 2021.[Christopher Kipsang,Standard]
The hearing of the murder case against Naftali Njami Kinuthia, accused of killing Moi University medical student, Ivy Wangeci in cold blood on April 9, 2019, has finally kicked off, after five failed attempts.
Five witnesses including Wangeci’s mother and a classmate testified before Eldoret High Court Judge, Stephen Githinji on Thursday.
An emotional mother, Winfred Waithera told the court that her firstborn daughter in a family of three, was a hard-working, focused and self-driven girl, who was in her sixth and last year of medical school.
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Moi University medical student Ivy Wangeci. [Courtesy]
For the fifth time in a row, the trial of man accused of killing Moi University medical student Ivy Wangeci in 2019 failed to proceed at the Eldoret High Court on Friday.
This was after Naftali Njami Kinuthia s newly appointed advocate Henry Kenei withdrew from the case at the last minute to the disappointment of the victim’s family.
Kinuthia’s initial lawyer Mbiu Kamau stepped down in November 2020 forcing the office of the Chief Justice and the
Pro Bono Service Committee to appoint Mr Kenei to represent him.
During the virtual court session, Justice Stephen Githinji informed the court that Kenei had written a letter addressed to the court, recusing himself from representing Kinuthia.