Policemen due for sentencing for Kenyan lawyer's murder
The attorney was representing Mr. Mwendwa, a motorbike taxi driver who had claimed that Mr. Leliman, one of the three officers found guilty, had shot him without cause during a traffic stop in 2015.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Three former police officers and a civilian will be sentenced by a Kenyan court for the 2016 murder of renowned human rights attorney Willie Kimani.
Last year, a jury found the four defendants—Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet, Sylvia Wanjiku, and Peter Ngugi—guilty of killing Mr. Kimani, his client Josephat Mwendwa, and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri.
The late lawyer's wife and family had already gathered at the crowded courts in Nairobi, the country's capital.
After being dumped in a river outside of Nairobi, the bodies of Mr. Kimani and the other two victims were discovered.
The attorney was representing Mr. Mwendwa, a motorbike taxi driver who had claimed that Mr. Leliman, one of the three officers found guilty, had shot him without cause during a traffic stop in 2015.
On June 23, 2016, Mr. Kimani, Mr. Mwendwa, and Mr. Muiruri were last seen in a police station.
Two weeks later, their dismembered bodies were discovered in a river 62 miles (100 km) from the city.
The sentencing occurs while Kenya's police force is currently the subject of increased scrutiny due to extrajudicial executions and kidnappings.
Several special teams suspected of killing and kidnapping individuals have already been disbanded by President William Ruto.
