The owner of the Patel dam will stay another 3 days in jail :: Kenya

Perry Manusukh Kanasagara, the owner of the controversial Patel farm in Solai Nakuru will be a guest of state for another three days.

It is after a court in Naivasha ordered that the businessman who was accused of manslaughter of 48 people be remanded in custody. Naivasha Medium Prison until Monday, when the release conditions will be determined.

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The businessman will be joined in the arrest house by his farm manager, Vinoj Jaya Kumar, and the director of the company. Nakuru County Water, Johnson Kamau Njuguna.

Three government officials were brought before the chief magistrate of Naivasha, Joseph Karanja, and charged with 48 counts of manslaughter.

The three – Winnie Muthoni, Jacinta Were and Tomkin Odo Odhiambo – denied the charges and were sent back to the same prison until Monday.

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The three were also accused of having, at different dates between 2007 and May 2018, failed to prepare an badessment report of the dam's environmental impact.

Two other suspects Williec Omondi and Lynette Cheruiyot appeared in court and the magistrate ordered that they register their statements with the police.

Attorney Francis Mburu, who appeared for the three government officers, described wacky allegations that the suspects posed a threat to state witnesses.

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