Pastor James Ng'ang'a of Neno Evangelism to be Charged Afresh in Woman's Death

Controversial Pastor James Ng’ang’a of Neno Evangelism Ministries is set to be charged afresh in a case where he is accused of killing a woman in a fatal car crash.

This comes after the High Court in Kiambu on Tuesday allowed an appeal filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) challenging the acquittal of Ng’ang’a and three others by a Nakuru court.

In May, Nakuru Chief Magistrate Godfrey Odour ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove it’s case against Pastor Ng’ang’a, Simon Maina, Police Inspector Christopher Nzilu Nzioka and police inspector Patrick Kahindi Baya, thus acquitting them.

The acquittal of Ng'ang'a sparked public outrage prompting the DPP to file an appeal at the Kiambu High Court. The DPP said that the magistrate erred both in law and fact in dismissing the prosecution's case.

On Tuesday, High Court Justice Christine Meoli directed the prosecution to serve the respondents with the petitions. The case will be mentioned on August 1st.

Ng’ang’a had been charged with causing the death of Mercy Njeri through dangerous driving on July 26th, 2015 at about 5.45PM along the Naivasha-Nairobi road at Manguo area in Limuru. He was allegedly driving a red Range Rover at a high rate speed.

He was also accused of failing to report the accident and giving false information to a police officer. Pastor Ng’ang’a also faced a fourth count of conspiring to defeat justice. He denied all the charges.

He reportedly fled the scene of the accident using another Range Rover vehicle belonging to one of his friends.