The plea-taking for 12 police officers accused of killing Baby Samantha Pendo seven years ago has been pushed to January 29.
The case currently sitting in the High Court has postponed was originally scheduled for Wednesda 15th January 2025 but was delayed due to the transfer of Justice Lilian Mutende ,who was handling it.
The 12 suspected officers will now face Justice Margaret Muigai on January 29 to enter their pleas.
Baby Pendo died after she was reportedly hit on the head by police who stormed her parents’ house in Nyalenda slums, Kisumu in 2017.
She was six months old when she was killed on August 12, 2017 during post-election violence.
Earlier attempts by the officers accused of the killing to challenge the jurisdiction of the Kenyan court to try them for the crimes against humanity borrowed from the International Criminal Court (ICC) failed.
They had filed petitions challenging their prosecution but lost.
This then paved the way for their imminent trial for offences that guarantee lengthy or even lifetime incarceration upon conviction.
They are accused of failure to exercise control of their juniors to repress unlawful activities including the murder of Baby Pendo on August 12, 2017, around 1 am.