BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
The Director of Crayfish Camp Naivasha has been charged with negligence.
John Ngure Mehta is accused on 28 of November this year at Crayfish Camp Naivasha, he endangered life of 7 years old boy.
Prosecution said he omitted to take precautions against probable dangers from a German Shepherd dog in his possession which attacked and injured son of state prosecutor Joseph Riungu.
He pleaded not guilty before Naivasha Principal Magistrate Eunice Kimilu.
The director was released on a cash bail of 50,000 pending hearing and determination of the criminal trial.
Director of Criminal Investigations ordered immediate probe into and incident where a seven year old son of a senior state prosecutor was attacked and seriously injured by five German dogs at Crayfish camp hotel in Naivasha.
According to the victim’s father Joseph Riungu who is a prosecutor at the office of Director of Public Prosecution Nairobi the incident occurred on November 28 where his son and other school children had gone for camping.
“My son was walking back to the rooms to pick up his clothes at around 6 o clock in the evening with his friends ,when the dogs pounced on him. They were 3 large German shepherd dogs and two others “he says.
On confronting the Hotel Management Riungu says;”They have not apologized over the incident neither have they reached out to me.
They have refused to take responsibility despite claiming that the dogs were friendly,”he says.
Riungu said he has already reported the matter to the DCI who has directed DCIO Naivasha to take over the case from Kongoni police station in a view of of conducting investigation.
The DCI directed the proprietors of Crayfish be arrested and charged.
Riungu described the proprietors as influential individuals working under impunity. The son is a student at Marion Preparatory school.
Riungu has obtained a P3 form from police and that said he, his son and a teacher who had accompanied the son have recorded statements.
“This impunity of negligence on the part of the Crayfish camp hotel proprietorship must be exposed to protect other children being viciously attacked by the uncontrolled and not manned German shepherd dogs.This is purely criminal negligence under Section 23 of Penal Code,” said Riungu.
