{"id":145864,"date":"2026-07-06T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/missing-files-delay-arraignment-of-seven-keumbu-violence-suspects\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:03:51","slug":"missing-files-delay-arraignment-of-seven-keumbu-violence-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/missing-files-delay-arraignment-of-seven-keumbu-violence-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Files delay Arraignment of Seven Keumbu Violence Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 6 \u2013 Seven suspects arrested in connection with the violent attack on a Linda Mwananchi convoy at Keumbu along the Kisii\u2013Keroka Road were arraigned before a Kisii Magistrate\u2019s Court but did not take plea after their case files were reported missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The magistrate ordered police officers to return the suspects to the court cells until the files are produced before the court.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, one person identified as 36-year-old Vincent Osiemo, popularly known as Mapinduzi, succumbed to injuries sustained during Friday\u2019s political violence.<\/p>\n<p>Police have also summoned Nyaribari Chache MP Zaheer Jhanda to appear before the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices in Kisii County to assist with the ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The National Police Service (NPS) says detectives are pursuing additional leads to establish the full circumstances surrounding the attack and identify any other suspects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 6 \u2013 Seven suspects arrested in connection with the violent attack on a Linda Mwananchi convoy at Keumbu along the Kisii\u2013Keroka Road were arraigned before a Kisii Magistrate\u2019s Court but did not take plea after their case files were reported missing. The magistrate ordered police officers to return the suspects to the [&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-145864","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\/145864","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=145864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}