A father is not about to embrace the court's decision to let the man who murdered his son go scot-free. Former Gatundu North MP Patrick Muiruri's son was shot dead in 2009 during a bar brawl at a Westlands club.
James Nganga Kariuki was shot by Dickson Munene, an ex-police constable who was arrested and charged with murder. Munene has since served a near10 year jail term.
Munene was found guilty of murder in 2011 and is set to walk out of jail after his death sentence was commuted to life sentence and recently reduced to 20-years.
"I cannot let this man be released after what he did to my son. I am prepared to fight all the way," Muiruri declared in an interview with the Standard.
Muiruri said he will write to the Director of Public Prosecutions asking the prosecutor to appeal the court's decision.
"This should not be happening. When somebody is convicted of murder and is sentenced to die, he should not be released, Muiruri added.
Muiruri also said that he tried convincing the court that his family was still suffering from the killing.
Disagreeing with Justice Kamaru's decision to reduce Munene's jail term from life to a 20-year term, the former MP argued that the law should be changed in that once a person is convicted of murder, the convict should suffer death as prescribed by law.
Muiruri went further and blamed the current and past presidents for increased capital offences arguing that the presidents have not been giving their consent for the convicts to be hanged.
In 2017, Francis Kariuko Muruatetu and Wilson Mwangi Thiribu won a landmark case when the Supreme Court decided the mandatory death sentence handed to capital offenders was unconstitutional.
