Inspekta Mwala
TV comedian Davies Mwabili, popularly known as Inspekta Mwala who was fined Sh30,000 for killing a pedestrian while driving from Kaloleni town. The victim’s family is incensed by the light sentence a Mombasa court handed him.
The actor, who knocked down and killed Ismael Mangi, 36, on the night of August 26 this year on the Kaloleni-Mazeras highway, was sentenced to a year in jail with the option of paying a Sh30,000 fine for causing death by dangerous driving Mangi’s family feel the actor was given a light sentence.
On August 26, at around 9pm, the accused, who was driving vehicle registration number KCV 807C from Kaloleni towards Mazeras tried to overtake another vehicle at a corner.
But his vehicle veered off the road and hit the pedestrian, who suffered head injuries and died on the spot.
Mr Mwabili pleaded guilty, but asked for leniency, saying, he had been a driver since 2007 and had never caused an accident.
“I’ve never even hit a dog. It was an accident, and I had no intention of causing it. I pray for leniency,” he said.
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