Police policeman Edwin Oscar Okimaru was charged with the death of a matatu conductor, Joshua Mungai, in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County.
He is accused of perpetrating the crime alongside others who were not present in court on the night of April 18-19, 2021 at Olekasasi.
The accused, who was represented before the Machakos Law Courts by attorneys Lydia Abuya and Emmanuel Mwangi, pleaded not guilty.
His attorneys asked for reasonable bail terms, claiming that the accused had been in custody for 18 days and that asking for further time would be unreasonable.
Earlier, the family of the late victim had in a heart-rending appeal requested the DCI to take over the matter from Ongata Rongai Police Station, where the case had been reported.
In DCI findings that involved investigative interviewing of eye witnesses, forensic autopsy analysis by Chief Government Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor and combing of the scene, the detectives indeed concluded that the suspect was at the scene of the murder, in the fateful night.
