{"id":107920,"date":"2025-01-17T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/nyongo-seeks-cj-koomes-intervention-in-baby-pendos-murder-trial-after-third-adjournment\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:03:43","slug":"nyongo-seeks-cj-koomes-intervention-in-baby-pendos-murder-trial-after-third-adjournment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nyongo-seeks-cj-koomes-intervention-in-baby-pendos-murder-trial-after-third-adjournment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyong\u2019o  seeks CJ Koome\u2019s intervention in Baby Pendo\u2019s murder trial after third adjournment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 17 \u2013 Kisumu Governor Anyang\u2019 Nyong\u2019o is seeking Chief Justice Martha Koome\u2019s intervention Baby Samantha Pendo\u2019s murder trial after a third adjournment over judge\u2019s transfer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the governor said the reasons given for the recent aborted plea takings of 12 police officers implicated are not convincing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are being told that the plea couldn\u2019t take place because the Judge who had been handing the case has been transferred,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Koome to urgently investigate why such a high-profile case is being delayed on flimsy grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Nyong\u2019o further said that the Judiciary and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions must prioritize the Baby Pendo case by ensuring that the suspects take plea as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He recalled that seven years ago, police office quelling post-election protests in Kisumu, brutally killed Baby Pendo at their Nyalenda home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cold-blood murder of an innocent baby who knew nothing about elections shocked the world and horrified Kenyans and it really annoys that seven years later Baby Pendo\u2019s family are still waiting for Justice\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Nyong\u2019o added that\u00a0 the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had directed that the 12 officers be charged with murder and were to face other charges of rape and murder.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 17 \u2013 Kisumu Governor Anyang\u2019 Nyong\u2019o is seeking Chief Justice Martha Koome\u2019s intervention Baby Samantha Pendo\u2019s murder trial after a third adjournment over judge\u2019s transfer. In a statement, the governor said the reasons given for the recent aborted plea takings of 12 police officers implicated are not convincing. \u201cWe are being told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}