Fyatu wrote:Fyatu wrote:Justice delayed is justice denied so goes the platitude...
This thread will act as an experiment that counts how many days it takes for high profile corruption and murder cases to be concluded in our Kenyan justice system, how long it takes from arrest to conclusion/conviction. Just to be clear, a conviction verdict can either be guilty or not-guilty.
Fortunately or unfortunately i will start with the clear cut case of attempted murder by Hon. Babu Owino who shot a DJ at B-club this morning(17-101-2020).
Today 17-January-2020 will count as day 1(one) for this case.The objective is to find out how many days this case will take from today until it is concluded by the courts.
As we speak these are the cases of interest...
1. Mike Sonko corruption case is now 43 days old(arrested on 6th December 2019)
2. Ferdinad Waititu case is 173 days old(arrested on 28 July 2019).
3. Samburu Governor Moses Kasaine Lenolkulal case is 290 days old(arrested on 2nd April 2019).
4. Okoth Obado high profile murder case is 429 days old(arrested on 14 November 2018).
5.Lillian Omollo Mbogo et al NYS-2 corruption case is 599 days old(arrested on 28 May 2018).
6. Evans "Kipindu pindu" Odhiambo Kidero corruption case is 266 days old(arrested on 26 April 2019).
7.Michael Kamau corruption case is a staggering 1690 days since hearing started(case started on 2 June 2015).
8. Disgraced Henry Rotich case - he of abracadabra guesswork fame and Arror kimwarer dam scam is now 178 days old(arrested on 23 July 2019).
There are many more cases i might have left out.
In particular, I have deliberately left out Jowi(woman eater) case because unlike the others listed above,he is picking sabuni for hardened sex starved convicts in kuma-ya-ndege(Kamiti Maximum) but for the sake of fairness, his case has been lying in Kenya's korti bandia for the past 476 days ever since he was presented in court.
The other day Ibrahim Akasha's Narcotics case was concluded in a record 328 days in the USA and he is now reflecting about his criminal life in a maximum security US penitentiary.
Ni hayo tu kwa sasa...let the counting begin
These are the
key variables in this case.
Presiding Magistrate = Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi
Defence lawyer = Cliff Ombeta
Prosecutor = Hatujui jina yake
Date_of_taking_plea = 20-01-2020(3 days after crime)
So far the prosecution has done a good job of presenting the suspect Hon.Owino to court in a record 2 days. The magistrate has also done well in ensuring a plea is taken.
Hon. Owino has been sent to remand for 7 days. Case will be heard on 27-01-2020.
What is not clear is whether the case to be heard on 27-01-2020 will be about Babu's bail or justice for the victim. What is the priority here? Babu's bail or a determination of whether Babu is guilty or not?
We all know previous cases for the likes of Mike Sonko, Ferdinand Waitutu etc were reduced to theatrics of whether to grant bail or not rather than quick dispensation of justice. Remember a not guilty conviction is also a verdict. So i expect Hon. Francis Andayi to determine if Babu Owino is guilty or not guilty at his earliest convenience so that Kenyans of goodwill can move-on to other matters.
After 7 days in remand prison Hon. Babu Owino has been granted cashbail of a staggering Kshs. 10 million. This is a huge amount even for a Kenyan MP and it will be interesting to know how Babu will raise it. The Newspapers have reported that the bail will be paid in 4 installments and that the bail will be used to cater for a Nairobi Hospital bill for the youngman(DJ Evolve).So far
The presiding Magistrate has set a date of February 6 2020 as the date for a "pre-trial" before the real pre-trial. Meaning on the 6th February 2020 Hon. Andayi will just sit with lawyers and set rules for the trial as opposed to beginning the trial. I find this a waste of time and another bottleneck/loophole in the Kenyan justice system. In other jurisdictions the rules for trial are set within 48hrs.
The magistrate should not waste time. There should be no excuses or technicalities to delay hearing of this case.Not only justice be done, but must be seen to be done...McCarthy(1924).
Remember, the aim of this thread is to count how many days a high profile case(they are many,sio hii peke yake) takes to be concluded in a Kenyan court. I am not interested in the verdict(guilty or not guilty), i am more interested in the speed of justice in this nation especially when the suspects are the so called "high and mighty.
So far
this case is 10 days old ever since Babu was arrested and 7 days old ever since he took plea.Dumb money becomes dumb only when it listens to smart money