Perry Mansukh Kanasagara who was charged with 48 counts of manslaughter following the Solai Dam tragedy in Nakuru County is seeking permission to fly to India.
Mansukh moved to court on Friday seeking to have his passport released to allow him to travel to India on August 9.
According to documents filed in court, Mansukh is currently embroiled in a court battle in India with his estranged wife over custody of their son.
Through his lawyer Professor Tom Ojienda, Mansukh stated that he needed to travel between 9th and 14th August.
He further assured Naivasha Principal Magistrate Joseph Karanja that he would return his passport on 15th August in accordance with the law.
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The prosecution noted that they would need time to determine the authenticity of documents presented in court to back the request.
Prosecution counsel Victor Owiti, however, told the court that they were not opposed to the application.
A pre-trial that was supposed to begin also failed to take off as the prosecution told the court that they had not yet collected statements from all the state witnesses.
Owiti apologized to the court noting that the Witness Protection Agency (WPA) had already identified the witnesses and would take subsequent steps.
The ruling on the passport application will be made on August 7 while the pre-trial was set for September 10, 2018.
[caption caption="Rescue efforts in Solai on 09/05/2018"]
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