A public inquest seeking to establish how six-month-old Samantha Pendo died in August last year will begin on Monday next week before a Kisumu court.
Resident Magistrate Beryl Omollo set the February 19 date noting that the matter must be expedited because of the immense public outcry that it elicits.
Baby Pendo died in hospital after she was allegedly hit on the head by police officers who were on duty quelling protests by Nasa supporters in Kisumu following the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the presidential election.
Activist and Kisumu City Residents Voice Chairman Audi Ogada is among those who will give their testimony in the case after the court accepted his request to be enjoined in the case to represent the interest of Kisumu residents in the matter.
But he will appear as a witness and not an interested party as he had requested the court.
