Ex-Policeman Jailed For 45 Years For Murder Of Bar Patron In Turkana

A former police officer was sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of murder by the High Court sitting in Lodwar.

The prosecution represented by the In-Charge of Turkana County, Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Edward Kakoi, presented seven witnesses to testify in support of the case.

The court heard that on the January 12, 2021, at Kakong area, Kainuk Division within Turkana South Sub-County, the accused, Wilfred Kibichy Too, who at the time was a police officer attached to Kakong Police Post murdered Susan Nasiru Emure.

In delivering the judgment, Justice Reuben Nyakundi said there was prove of murder.

“Were it that in Kenya the death sentence was carried out, I would have sentenced him to death.”

Evidence adduced in court indicated that the accused went to a local bar where he consumed alcohol and refused to foot the bill.

A physical altercation ensued between him and Susan, the bar’s female owner, during which he was struck on the head and sustained a bleeding injury.

He was angered by the developments.

Following the incident, he proceeded to his house, retrieved his service firearm, returned to the premises, and discharged several rounds at the woman, fatally wounding her on the spot.