BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
A man seen on camera hitting a traffic officer has denied the act and instead accused the victim of having an affair with his wife.
To add salt to injury, the officer attached to Makongeni Police Station was transferred to far end of Kenya in Turkana.
Geoffrey Sungura Wekesa appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi where he was charged for the attempted murder of officer Henry Kemboi.
He is accused that on 24th October this year, he intentionally and unlawfully attempted to cause the death of Henry Kemboi by hitting and injuring him using a Motor vehicle registration number KAR 045G a Toyota Saloon car Silver colour.
After appearing before the magistrate, a source confided in journalists that the officer he hit had been having an affair with his wife.
He said, he got wound of the information that Kemboi had a love affair with his wife.
“He caught them in the act. Information given to the media was incomplete. He does not work with the Department of immigration but runs a Consultancy firm,”
“This issue is about infidelity on the part of the accused’s wife,” he alleged.
His lawyer Wakiaga Semekia asked the court for lenient bond terms saying that Wekesa ‘s wife left him after the incident.
“I would like to ask this court for reasonable bond terms as my client has been left to look after his children after his wife left him,” he said.
Wekesa denied the charges and was set free on a Sh1 million bond with a surety of the same amount or pay a cash bail of Sh500,000.
