Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has faulted the Judiciary for the ruling on televangelist James Ng'ang'a's case.
Speaking to journalists, Boinnet noted that he is confident the Police Service had not bungled up the investigations of the case and that was why they were not satisfied with the Court's decision.
According to him, the police had presented a watertight case in court with the hope of securing a conviction, but the courts failed in his view.
"I am certain that the police officers in the case did their job and that is why we are appealing the decision of the court on the matter,” he insisted.
[caption caption="File image of Neno Evangelism Ministries Pastor James Ng'ang'a "]
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He further noted that there was an experienced team of investigators on the case and they would present their findings during the appeal of the decision.
Ng'ang'a was on Monday acquitted alongside three other co-accused Simon Kuria, Inspector Christoper Nzilu and Inspector Patrick Baya by a Limuru Court.
In his ruling, Chief Magistrate Godfrey Oduor acquitted Nganga who had been charged with dangerously driving a Range Rover and causing the death of Mercy Njeri on July 26, 2015, at Manguo on the Nairobi-Naivasha highway
According to Oduor, there were inconsistencies and discrepancies in the time of the accident and that the claims, some which he said were strange, concocted or exaggerated on the pastor who was at the accident scene, and which were not in the initial police statements, making them inadmissible.
By throwing out the charge of causing death by dangerous driving against Mr Ng’ang’a, Oduor automatically dismissed the other counts, arguing that the charge formed the basis of the other counts.
On Tuesday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji to appeal the acquittal, claiming that the government was not satisfied with the ruling, arguing that evidence implicating the pastor was overwhelming.
[caption caption="File image of Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and IG Joseph Boinnet"]
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