Police told to fast-track probe

By AILEEN KWARAGU
THE family of a woman who died in a road accident last October, involving a vehicle driven by a senior public servant, want police to fast-track investigations.
Lucy Sihrong died in the vehicle driven by Justice Secretary Dr Eric Kwa.
Her brother Charles Punaha said police had informed them several times that investigations had been completed but arrest was yet to be made.
“If an ordinary person was involved in the accident, police would have arrested him already. But sometimes it take processes,” Punaha said.
“Police have informed the immediate family that investigations into the accident have been completed and the files have been submitted to the police hierarchy.”
The family had requested the suspension of Kwa after Sihrong’s funeral in November.
Punaha urged Kwa to “do the honourable thing and vacate the office” since he is under investigation.
He said he understood the process on whether Cabinet would decide on the suspension of Kwa as it was consequential to police investigations.
Deputy Police Commissioner (Special Operations) Donald Yamasombi told The National that Kwa was invited by Police Commissioner David Manning last December for questioning but the letter, for some reason, did not reach the police traffic investigators.
Kwa, Sihrong and another officer were traveling to Bereina to attend an official engagement with the Constitutional Law Reform Commission when the accident happened.