Singer Emmy Kosgei's brother Meshack Kipkoech

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The brother to gospel music sensation Emmy Kosgey has been found guilty of hitting and killing a man in a road accident.

Meshack Kipkoech was found guilty and the court ordered that he should pay the victims mother Sh954,000 in the next ten days.

The money is awarded to the victim, Mr Andrew Cheruiyot, who died in the 2008 road accident along Mogotio-Marigat road in Baringo.

Signing the order, Principal Magistrate Bernard Mararo directed that the amount is paid to Mrs Kotete Chebet, mother to the deceased.

The verdict was reached after Kipkoech agreed to pay the money which led to the lifting of a jail sentence.