Two men were sentence to a combined jail term of 200 years after the court found them guilty of robbery with violence - and murder.
Walter Mongare and his accomplice Christopher Momanyi were sentence to 120 years and 80 years in prison respectively in a ruling by a Kitale Court on Tuesday, March 23.
The magistrate found the two guilty of robbery with violence in an incident that led to the death of Brigadier (RTD) Moses Yator, who was the director of Economy Farm Products (K) Ltd.
"The prosecution, led by Joyce Mumu, proved to court that the two had indeed committed the offences.
"The Kitale incident led to a victim's death; Brigadier (RTD) Moses Yator, who was killed by a gunshot. They stole mobile phones, cash, among other personal items," read a statement from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution.
Reports indicated that on the fateful night, Yator, who doubled as the the chairman of Kitale Golf Club, was waylaid by the two while living the club at around 11 p.m.
The two men shot him from the rear-view window before making away with cash and other variables.
Speaking to the press, Yator's wife Esther Nandutu, recounted that on March 3, 2018, the two were leaving the club when the thugs ambushed them.
“One of them commanded us to alight from the vehicle and hand over all our belongings. Immediately my husband identified himself as a security officer.
"Within a minute a shot was fired from behind the car, and he started screaming in pain,” she stated.
She narrated how the criminal dragged her out the vehicle and ordered her to lie on top of her dying husband before taking off.
