Usually, accused persons deny charges in court and celebrate if prosecutors seek to withdraw the case.

But on Tuesday morning, the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kibera faced an unusual objection.

When the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) applied to withdraw its case against a man charged with causing the death of two Peponi School students, the accused person objected to the move, insisting that he had a ready confession.

The two Peponi School students were both foreign nationals.

They were at the tail end of their high school studies when they attended a leavers’ party at Muthaiga Country Club on April 24.

They were among five other learners who were travelling in a car which crashed along Ngong Road in the wee hours of the following morning. One other learner, also a foreigner, sustained serious injuries that left him in a coma.

Following the crash, there has been a push and pull over who was in the driver’s seat at the time of the incident.

The vehicle’s owner, a prominent Kenyan businessman, told police that his nephew was driving at the time of the crash and that his son and four other students were passengers.

The businessman’s son, who sustained minor injuries in the crash, also told police that his cousin was driving.

The businessman’s nephew also told police that he was driving. Police charged the businessman’s nephew with causing death by dangerous driving on May 28.

But the family of the student who went into a coma says that there is a coverup attempt by officers at the traffic department of Karen police station, as the prominent businessman’s underage son was driving the car and was under the influence of alcohol at the time.

This family had, through Murgor & Murgor Advocates, written to the ODPP three times between June and August, questioning how someone was being presented for prosecution before investigations to establish the driver’s identity were completed.