Kenai police officers accused of killing Indians – Times of India

NAIROBI: Thirteen Kenyan security officials did not convict allegations of murder of two Indian men and their Kenyan driver in 2022, his lawyer said on Friday.
A national intelligence officer and a wildlife warden along with a policeman went before a judge on the murder of the driver. Nicodemus Mavania Mavez And the two Indians were identified by the prosecutors as Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai and Zulfikar Ahmed Khan.
“This is a political matter. Our customers are innocent,” defense lawyer Danston Omalari told AFP.
According to media reports, both Indians accused Kenyan President William Ruto of working on a successful 2022 election campaign.
The media was killed and their bodies were dumped into the forest in July 2022 before the election, the media described the court citing evidence given by the investigators.
Police officers were part of the accused one unit Extraordinary murders Which was dissolved by Ruto, about three months after the murder.
The defense counsel said that he was in custody for two and a half years.
On Thursday, prosecutor also brought Murder Against the defendants, who requested not to be guilty.
In 2022, the BBC quoted Kidwai’s wife, saying that she was for tourism in Kenya.
The State Prosecution Service said in a statement that the court in Kimbu near Nairobi said it would rule on March 20 at a bail request for the suspects.