By The Weekly Vision Reporter
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has charged Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, also known as Sarah Wairimu Kamotho Cohen, with giving false information to a police officer and swearing a false affidavit concerning the alleged loss of her passport.
At the Kibera Law Courts on Friday, 7th November, the court heard that on 20th February 2023, at Munyange Police Station in Othaya, Nyeri County, Wairimu knowingly and maliciously provided false information to Chief Inspector Mercy Riungu, the Officer Commanding Station (OCS).
She allegedly claimed that her passport had been lost, prompting the officer to issue her a police abstract based on the false report. In a second count, Wairimu was charged with false swearing, contrary to Section 114 as read with Section 36 of the Penal Code. It is alleged that on the same day, at Pamki House in Nyeri Town, she appeared before Advocate Muchiri wa Gathoni and swore a false affidavit claiming her passport was lost, knowing that it was not.
Wairimu denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul at the Kibera Law Courts. She remains remanded at Lang’ata Women’s Prison, where she is also facing trial in a separate murder case relating to the death of her husband, Tob Cohen. The prosecution was led by Samson Ng’etich.
