A Nairobi court has given Devolution Principal Secretary Julius Korir 30 days to settle the assault case with his estranged pregnant wife out of court.
This is after Kirui and his wife Evelyn Chepkorir Koech agreed to settle their assault case out of court.
Milimani chief magistrate Susan Shitubi yesterday said Korir has 30 days to settle the matter or he will be officially charged.
“I give you 30 days to settle the matter with the complainant or you will be charged with assault,” the magistrate said.
If the couple will not have agreed, Kirui will be charged with assault.
Korir, however, failed to appear in court for the fourth time after he allegedly contracted Covid-19.
Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi had on February 14 ordered those medical records presented in court indicating that the PS had contracted Covid-19 be verified.
Shitubi ordered that a report on the medical documents be made on March 1.
The prosecution had earlier urged the court to issue last summons to the PS to attend court, failure to which a warrant of arrest should be issued.
This prompted the magistrate to warn the PS through his lawyers to take court matters seriously.
Korir is alleged to have assaulted his wife, Evelyn Koech, at Ndalat Road in Karen, Nairobi, in 2020.
The magistrate had on February 14 ordered that medical document indicating Korir had contracted Covid-19 while on a working trip in Tanzania be authenticated and a report be made during the mention of the case.
The prosecution proved in court that the medical documents were indeed correct.
State counsel Alice Mathangani, however, opposed the 30 days, saying it was too long.
She asked the court to give the parties two weeks to appear in court having settled the case.
The lawyers said two weeks was not enough as the process will involve a change of ownership of some properties belonging to the accused and complainant.
In January, Korir was summoned after the prosecution applied to have him appear in the assault case.
The case will be mentioned on April 4.
