Date set for
Makewa ruling
Fr. John Wambua Makewa will know his fate on April 11,2012
Tawa Senior Resident Magistrate Mr Waititu Kibicho made the ruling today as Fr Makewa's case came before him for the first time after a trip from Makueni Law Courts to Machakos after the trial magistrate Joseph Karanja dramatically bolted out of the case amid claims of bribery.
The decision to take the matter before Mr Kibicho was made by Machakos Deputy Registrar of the High Court Ms G Omange on March 12, some seven days before the day she had initially set to decide over the matter.
Omange had set March 19 as the day she would rule who would handle the matter but is said to have changed her mind after counsel for Fr Makewa- Mr Mwagambo appeared before her and asked for an earlier date, saying his client wanted the matter dispensed with speedily.
But when the complainant Fr Fidellis Nzuki turned up in Machakos on March 19, he was shocked to learn that the matter had been moved to Tawa Court without his knowledge.
Nevertheless, he turned up at the Tawa Court Teusday and listened keenly as Mr Kibicho set the date for a ruling as to whether Fr Makewa would be put on his defense or not.
Fr Makewa is charged with attempting to murder Fr Nzuki at the Residence of the Father in Charge of the Wote Parish nearly three years ago.
Makewa ruling
Fr. John Wambua Makewa will know his fate on April 11,2012
Tawa Senior Resident Magistrate Mr Waititu Kibicho made the ruling today as Fr Makewa's case came before him for the first time after a trip from Makueni Law Courts to Machakos after the trial magistrate Joseph Karanja dramatically bolted out of the case amid claims of bribery.
The decision to take the matter before Mr Kibicho was made by Machakos Deputy Registrar of the High Court Ms G Omange on March 12, some seven days before the day she had initially set to decide over the matter.
Omange had set March 19 as the day she would rule who would handle the matter but is said to have changed her mind after counsel for Fr Makewa- Mr Mwagambo appeared before her and asked for an earlier date, saying his client wanted the matter dispensed with speedily.
But when the complainant Fr Fidellis Nzuki turned up in Machakos on March 19, he was shocked to learn that the matter had been moved to Tawa Court without his knowledge.
Nevertheless, he turned up at the Tawa Court Teusday and listened keenly as Mr Kibicho set the date for a ruling as to whether Fr Makewa would be put on his defense or not.
Fr Makewa is charged with attempting to murder Fr Nzuki at the Residence of the Father in Charge of the Wote Parish nearly three years ago.
