Nairobi, Jan. 7 -- A police officer who allegedly shot and killed a trade late last year will answer a murder charge on Friday.
Senior Resident Magistrate Jane Kamau ordered the suspect, Edgar Mokamba, to appear before Justice Hedwig Ong'udi for formal charging.
A state prosecutor told Ms Kamau that police have concluded investigation into the December 30 incident and "the suspect has been declared mentally sound by a psychiatrist and therefore fit to answer a charge of murder."
Mokamba, who allegedly fired ten bullets at Zachary Makuto Simwa using his AK-47 rifle at the parking bay of Nyari Police Patrol Base in Westlands, Nairobi, apologised to the family of the victim, his lawyer said.
"My client is very sorry that he shot at Makuto,...