Police officer Ahmed Rashid pleads not guilty to two counts of murder

Appearing before High Court judge Diana Mochache, Rashid pleaded not guilty.

Rashid took plea after High Court judge Diana Mochache dismissed his application on jurisdiction.

Justice Mochache ruled that the court has jurisdiction to hear the murder case adding that the application challenging the court's jurisdiction was premature.

Rashid was granted a Ksh.200,000 cash bail after the court dismissed the prosecution's opposition to his bail application.

Ahmed Rashid was filmed shooting the two young men as they lay on the ground on a busy street in the capital Nairobi on March 31, 2017.

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) watchdog recommended murder charges against him last November, saying that its investigation into the deaths "established that the fatalities were occasioned by police action."

But Rashid contested the charges, telling the Nairobi high court that he was a law-abiding police officer who was carrying out his duty.