Nairobi Lawyer Assa Nyakundi's wife, Lydia Nyakundi, has protested the decision by the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), and the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to review a manslaughter charge against her husband.

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Lydia argues that she and the family were not involved in the decision by the two agencies.

Nyakundi's wife now wants the High Court to issue conservatory orders stopping the DPP from instituting a murder charge against her husband.

In an application filed in Milimani High Court on Friday, Lydia accuses the DPP of handling the case without the family's involvement.

"We are seeking a declaration that the petitioner's role as a victim is active, and includes the right to be well informed of any action that the respondents desire to take in any criminal trial or proceedings, preferred against the accused person in the murder of his son," Lydia says in an affidavit filed in court on Friday.

She argues that the DPP and DCI have allegedly continued to violate the family's right as the victim by failing to consult, and involve them in the proceedings.

Lydia has also faulted the DPP for allegedly disclosing to the media names of those who will be witnesses in the case.

Nyakundi's wife says that the revelation that she and her son will be witnesses in the case is a threat to their lives.

The application has been certified as urgent and will be placed before a Judge next week.

On Thursday, a Kiambu Magistrate Court allowed the DPP to review the manslaughter charge against lawyer Nyakundi.

The DPP's move to review the charge came after the DCI George Kinoti interdicted two senior investigating officers for allegedly 'covering up' the case.

Kinoti claimed that the officers never briefed or consulted him and he only learned about the manslaughter charge in the media.

"This is one of the cases I was never briefed at all by my officers. I only heard of that manslaughter charge from the media. Even the DPP is horified," Kinoti told the Daily Nation on Wednesday.

Lawyer Nyakundi pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge two weeks ago, and was released on a Sh1 million bond with a surety of similar amount, or an alternative cash bail of Sh300,000.

He is accused of allegedly shooting and killing his 29 year-old son, Joseph Bongonko.