NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 11-The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered the withdrawal of dangerous driving charges against Stephen Kinuthia Maara over the Peponi School crash that killed two Ugandan students, directing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to conduct a fresh and more thorough probe.

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The decision follows complaints by Senior Counsel Philip Murgor, representing Belgian national Vincent Boulanger, who raised serious concerns over the conduct of investigations and the decision to prosecute Maara while questions remained over who was actually driving the vehicle at the time of the April 25, 2026 crash.

In a letter to the DCI, the DPP directed that Kibera Traffic Case E1541/2026 — Republic versus Stephen Maara — be withdrawn “forthwith to facilitate thorough investigations.”

The DPP further ordered that a new investigation team be constituted to take over the case from the Officer Commanding Karen Police Station.

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“Investigation team to be constituted to take over from OCS Karen Police Station,” the directive states.

The inquiry file is to be returned to the DPP for review and further directions once the fresh investigations are completed.

The case centres on the April 25 crash that killed Ugandan students Daniele Kembabazi and Yzeera Sebunya and left another passenger, Samuel Boulanger, seriously injured.

Maara had been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

However, Murgor and Murgor Advocates argued that the prosecution was premature because investigators had not conclusively established who was behind the wheel of vehicle when the crash occurred.

The lawyers described as contradictory an earlier decision by the ODPP to order further investigations to establish the driver while simultaneously directing that Maara be charged.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya