All Saints Cathedral forgives individuals who were captured storming the church
All Saints Cathedral has forgiven three men facing charges over the violent disruption of a public forum at the Nairobi church, leading to the withdrawal of the case against them. George Omondi, Effernburg Wayama and Frederick Omondi were released after the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew the charges in court. The three had spent about […]
Three men, George Omondi, Effernburg Wayama, and Frederick Omondi, have had charges against them forgiven by All Saints Cathedral following a violent disruption of a public forum at the Nairobi church. The three men, who spent approximately three months in remand after failing to meet a Ksh300,000 bail set by the court, appeared in court expecting the hearing to proceed when the prosecution informed them that it had received directions to withdraw the case.
Two complainants supported the application to withdraw the charges, one of whom mentioned that he had been compensated for the theft of his phone during the confrontation and no longer wished to pursue the matter. The church's head of security, Philemon Samoei, opted for forgiveness instead of continuing with the criminal case, citing the church's emphasis on forgiveness.
The decision to forgive the men was made a week after the cathedral leadership wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions requesting the case's dismissal as part of a restorative justice approach.
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