The Court has handed 15 years imprisonment to six convicted persons in the murder of former Juja MP George Thuo in 2013 at a club in Thika.

The six individuals are Paul Wainaina Boiyo, Christopher Lumbasio Andika, Andrew Karanja Wainaina, Samuel Kuria Ngugi, Esther Ndinda Mulinge, and Ruth Vanessa Irungu.

In its ruling, the court said they can appeal the decision.

The court ruled that the former legislator was poisoned.

"In the end, I sentence each accused person, 1 through 6, to serve 15 years' imprisonment...," the court ruled.

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The court spared them the maximum sentence, noting positive attributes from the probation report and stating they did not deserve the sentence provided by law.

"The role of the court is to balance the scales of justice... I will factor in the period they have stayed in custody.”

During mitigation, Thuo's wife was allowed to speak and told the court that her husband was poisoned and his death had robbed her of a partner and father to her children.

She asked the court to punish the six, stating that the crime should not go unpunished.