Joshua Waiganjo, a man accused of impersonating a senior police officer has been given 14 days by the High Court in Nakuru to respond to an application by the State.
Waiganjo will be required to respond to the application seeking to re-open the case against him after the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) filed an application to stop the magistrate’s court from making a ruling in the case.
The High Court in Nakuru had stopped a lower court from making a ruling in the case where Waiganjo is being charged alongside two other people; former Rift Valley Provincial Police Commissioner John M’Mbijiwe and former Anti-Stock Theft Unit Commandant Michael Remi Ngugi.
Justice Joel Ngugi on Thursday directed the three accused to file their replies before hearing and determination of DPP’s application.
The DPP filed the application seeking to stop Principal Magistrate Joe Omido from closing the case without having the investigating officers testify.
He accused the lower court that on August 28, 2017, the case was closed without giving the prosecution enough time to present its witnesses.
The DPP wants the High Court to allow for the case facing the three accused to be reopened and to allow the three witnesses to testify.
The witnesses include Superintendent of Police Fatuma Hadi, Gideon Kimilu and Joseph Ngisa, who investigated the case.
M’Mbijiwe and Ngugi were being accused of irregularly using their office to recruit Waiganjo who was allegedly masquerading as a senior police officer for more than five years.
The case will be mentioned on June 13.