By Chris Ojow
The State prosecution, Court clerks, Lawyers and the
accused were forced to use their personal smart phones
during plea taking session in an open Court at Milimani
Nairobi County.
The changes, virtual proceedings were abruptly initiated
on Monday 17th August 2020 following a two week isolation
after court officials were suspected of being infected
with the deadly pandemic leading to partial closure.
Judiciary is unable to acquire digital facilities to fully
implement virtual Court proceedings due to financial
challenges.
While at Kibera Law Nairobi, all the Magistrates
physically attended Court proceedings and adhered to
Health and safety measures with operations running
smoothly.
As youthful Victor Kiprono Ngeno in his 20s was arraigned
before Senior Resident Magistrate at Kibera Law Court to
face charges of impersonating as a Magistrate and hired a
Prado from a car dealer at Kilimani area Nairobi.
Kiprono is alleged to have made a Law Society of Kenya
identification card with intention to defraud the Nairobi
based car dealer.
The accused will be charged on Tuesday 18th August with
three counts of impersonating as a Magistrate, making a
document without authority and refusing to permit
photograph to be taken.
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