“Three people lost their lives while six others suffered serious injuries. The KHRC team led by Festus Mbati, Brian Olang’, Jacob Ngwele and Abner Mango for the worker employer, Karebe Gold mines, told the court that DPP must write to the court explaining the reason for the intended withdrawal. They demanded a written statement from DPP Noordin Haji. Lawyers from the Kenya Human Rights Commission representing victims and of the mining company protested what they termed a “verbal decision”. The case before Kapsabet chief magistrate Samuel Mokua had placed the suspects at the murder scene on the January 23 at the Karebe Gold mines. State counsel Brenda Oduor told the court she had been directed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by phone that the office intended to withdraw the application and not charge the suspects. Six other miners were seriously injured in the blast on January 23. Furious protests have greeted the state's decision on Friday not to charge 10 suspects with murder in the deaths of three men last month in the Karebe Gold mines in Nandi.
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