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The police attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have been given orders to detain three Nigerian nationals and two Kenya for a period of 10 days to allow them to conclude investigations of narcotics drugs dealings.

Salako Oluwafeni Samuel ,Adeleye Olushola Stephen, Akinyansa Olutayo Kenshinko, Eve Amondi Ochieng, and Maureen Cherono Kogo were arrested in Kilimani area on 28th May 2024 at around 2.00am on suspicion that they were engaging in organised crime

They are being investigated for traffic narcotics, drugs, and other psychotropic substances.

The police are also probing the validity of passports and other travel documents held by the suspects to be in Kenya.

According to the detectives, the suspects are engaged in multinational drugs syndicate with accomplices that are yet to be arrested.

The seized narcotics were subjected to a forensic analysis,and the report availed.

It took the police a whole day to break into the suspects’ house in kileleshwa,where the drugs were harboured.

The investigators have so far placed Eve Amondi Ochieng on intensive scrutiny as she is suspected to be the key accomplice of the three Nigerian nationals in the case.

The affidavits sworn by lead investors indicate that the suspects have no fixed place of residence in Kenya as they were nabbed at an AirBnB located in Gatundu Road in kileleshwa.

High court judge Chacha Mwita has issued orders stopping police ,EACC and the DPP from arresting,charging and prosecuting Margaret Nyakango over the telecom saga .

“A conservatory order is hereby issued restraining the respondents from arresting, charging
or prosecuting the petitioner in relation
to matters pertaining to her duties as the Controller of Budget until 13th March 2024,” reads the order

Inthe case the embattled Controller of Budget Nyakango claims that she is apprehensive that the respondents are devising a planing including having her charged in a bid to remove her from office.

According to her lawyers Danstan Omari, Nyakango says that the respondents are onthe verge of being abused and misuse to harass and intimidate her .

She says that she has not committed any offence nor has she been involved in any criminal activity .

“The applicant invited this court to insist on defending the rule of law and due process to avert any imminent excess by politically connected individual in government,”reads the application

A man has been charged at Milimani law courts with Sh 4M bank theft.

Ibrahim Wataka Wafula has appeared before magistrate Ben Mark and denied the charges.

He was charged that on diverse dates between May 30, 2023 and June 13, 2023 at Credit Bank PLC Koinange Street Branch in Nairobi, jointly with others not before court, stole Sh 4,225,000 in the name of ambrosial interior solution, the property of credit Bank PLC.

The accused through his lawyer pleaded with the court to be released on reasonable terms saying that he is a young man.

He was released on Sh 500,000 cash bail or a bond of Sh 1M.

Michael Macharia, also known as DJ Brownskin, who is facing allegations of aiding his wife’s suicide, has requested that DCIO Kasarani Jimmy Kimaru be summons to appear in court for breaching court orders.

DJ Brownskin has also claimed, through his lawyer Duncan Okatch, that police were pressuring him to confess and acknowledge to the crimes as a condition for his release.

On Tuesday morning, the lawyer asked the court to issue orders compelling the DCIO and the case Investigating officer to appear in person to explain why they have failed to comply with an order issued last week to release the accused from custody.

The court heard that though the accused was granted Sh50,000 cash bail the police are yet to release him.

“On June 9, 2023 in blatant disrespect of the court orders, the DCIO Kasarani and investigations outrightly declined to release the accused person on the face of the original court order over the weekend. On Monday the police extended the non-compliance and rushed him to court for plea,” Okatch told the court.

“DCIO Kasarani with utter contempt of court brought the accused in Milimani law courts. The officers ensured he did not communicate with anyone including his lawyers. They brought him at 5:30am. Such a treat even controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie has not been treated like that. They denied violating all his rights as DJ brownskin who was brought before you would have walked to court as a free man,” the lawyer added.

The lawyer further stated that during the interrogation, the officers were forcing DJ Brown to confess in exchange for his freedom.

“Adding salt to injury they insisted on having the accused give a confession or admission as a condition to comply with these orders. Despite us indicating that was contrary to Article 49 and 50(2)(j) of the constitution, and on self inclination. The officers did not take the free counsel; they declined to release the accused,” he said.

Okatch urged the court to review the orders issued on Monday to detain the DJ for three days in custody pending a pre-bail bail report.

“We beg the court very humbly to review the orders you issued yesterday and adopt the terms that had already been issued before Makadara court in the miscellaneous file for investigations,” stated Okatch.

“We therefore seek that you summon DCIO Kasarani alongside the investigation officer in this matter. As your pen can deal with any person who goes against the law,” the lawyer said.

The prosecution through Anderson Gikunda however vehemently opposed the request by DJ brownskin to have summons issued against the two officers saying that they did not disobey court orders issued by the Milimani court.

A Nairobi lawyer Dancun Okach says the ODPP has recommended for an inquest into the death of Jeff Mwathi who was found dead at DJ Fatxo’s apartment in Kasarani. 

Okach in a press release said the DPP was for the matter to pursue the route of an inquest.

“We act for Mr. Lawrence Njuguna Popularly known as DJ Fatxo.Our Client has been at the center of extensive and thorough investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, ever since the unfortunate death of his friend Mr. Jeff Mwathi, Okach says in the letter.

 Okach said he is happy that the truthful position has always espoused and maintained with regard to his client’s innocence has come out at last. 

He said the DJ is very thankful to the DCI and the DPP for exhibiting great standards of professionalism, independence and focus despite the clearly orchestrated public and social media machinations to obfuscate the truth and propagate extremely damaging outright defamatory lies and versions with the sole aim of besmirching and injuring our client and his reputation with a consequential heavy detrimental effect.

“We are happy to state that we now know that the Office of the Director Public Prosecutions has indeed applied themselves to the matter and have agreed with the findings and recommendations of the Directorate of criminal investigations to wit. it is clear that there is no single shred or iota of evidence to suggest any remote criminal culpability by our client or suspicion thereof. 

In fact, it is very clear that our client was not even at his house at the material time that his friend, Jeff Mwathi met his death”, he said.

Nonetheless, our client being a practicing Christian, has consciously decided to forgive all those who propagated such narratives and he only hopes that through his tribulations, those who had been led into believing such or in one way or another became part of the social mob justice, cyber bullying and Kenyans in General, have learnt a thing or two.

The fact is that it has not been easy for our client and if it were not for his special relationship with God, support from his parents, friends and many fans who still called, messaged or in one way or another showed solidarity with him, he might not even have been in a state to even witness and comprehend this moment of vindication.

Two traders who forged Sh1.5 billion NHIF land title deed are associates of senior government officials in the financial regulatory sector
Two businessmen Frederick Kimani and Peter Leparakwo who are accused of forging a title deed of NHIF land valued at Sh1.5 billion are associates of senior government officials in the financial regulatory sector.
They were arraigned in court on Monday.
Frederick Kimani and Peter Leparakwo appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina and denied 20 counts related to fraud and forgery.
Sources who are privy to the matter said the two have been acting on behalf of the senior officials.
It’s just a matter of time then the real grabbers are named.
Kimani and Leparakwo are also accused of forging the Certificate of Title Land and altering computer data with the intent for it to be considered and acted upon for legal purposes.
The prosecution said the property which is located in Karen Plains measures 9.250 hectares belongs to National Hospital Insurance Fund.
Leparakwo was also charged with destroying evidence on dates between June 28, 2021, and December 6, 2021, at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
According to the charge sheet, he willfully destroyed the Certificate of the Title Land with an intent to prevent it from being used as evidence in a judicial proceeding.
Leparakwo is also accused of forcibly holding possession of the said land.
According to the charge sheet, he held possession of the said land in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace against NHIF which is entitled by law to possess the said land.
His co-accused Kimani is accused of impersonation.
According to the charge sheet, he falsely represented himself as a Director of Cirtex Kenya Limited.
He also faced another charge of forging a KRA Pin certificate with the intent to defraud NHIF on the said parcel of land.
The two were also accused of giving false information to a police officer that they were the rightful owners of the said land.
They were also accused of procuring the registration of the said parcel of land by falsely pretending that they were directors of Cirtex Kenya Limited.
The subject property according to the prosecution measures 9.250 hectares.
The accused through their lawyers Philip Nyachoti and Onwong’a Orenge told the court that they had been charged with offences that had not been properly investigated as one of the accused persons, Leparakwo had previously been charged with similar offences last year but the DPP withdrew the charges.
“The 2nd accused was charged with the same offence in 2022 and was released on 300k bond,. The matter later was withdrawn by the court and now he is being charged with the same matter, and the bond is not yet returned,” his lawyer told the court.
Lawyer Orenge pleaded with the court to consider the age of Leparakwo as he was an elderly man who has been in possession of the said land for over 40 years.
Chief Magistrate Onyina released them on a cash bail of Sh 400,000 each and surety of the same amount.
The case will be mentioned on May 29 for pretrial.
trial.

Comedian Eric Omondi together with 17 others have been released on Sh 10,000 cash bail after they were charged with taking part in an unlawful assembly on Parliament Road.

They have appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina and denied one count of creating disturbance.

The court was informed that Omondi and the others committed the offense on February 21 at Parliament Road.

Through their two defense lawyers Danstan Omari and Kimani Wachira, the accused pleaded with the court to be released on favorable terms.

The lawyers told the court that the charge sheet reads that they have been charged with taking part in an unlawful assembly but they were representing over 40Million Kenyans.

“All the accused are International content creators adding and the fourth accused Omondi is a Kenyan global brand,”added Omari.

Lawyer Kimani said that they went to parliament to get solution on the current high cost of living.

They denied the charge and were released on a Sh20, 000 bond or an alternative cash bail of Sh10, 000.

Two officials of a Women Group accused of defrauding Kenyans over Sh 300M House Fraud will know their fate tomorrow.

The two Mary Ndunge Mutuku and Mary Wanjiku Ndung’u who pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses, have been detained at Capitol Hill Police Station pending the production of an affidavit by the prosecution to oppose their release on bail.

They appeared before magistrate Wendy Micheni of Milimani Law Courts where they were charged with over Sh300M fraud.

They were charged that in the period between the year 2015 and 2022 in Nairobi County w3ith others not before court, conspired to defraud Michael Kariuki and Salome Wanjiru Kariuki a sum of Sh 87,742,000 by falsely pretending that they were in a position to sell them houses at West Park Police estate knowing it was untrue.

They faced 15 more counts where they are accused of defrauding different people by forging documents uttering them to the suspects claiming that they are from the Ministry of Labour Social Security and services.

The two are being accused of obtaining millions of shillings from unsuspecting city residents under false pretenses of selling them houses at an estate they developed near Wilson Airport, within Langata area, Nairobi.

Through their Lawyers Robert Aswani and Geoffrey Omenke, the accused pleaded with the court to be released on favorable bond terms saying that they are not a flight risk because they have a fixed place of abode.

The defense said that the accused were arrested before the investigations were concluded which is a violation of their rights.

Aswani who is acting for Ndunge said the dispute emanates from police and the said women group and the two entities have been involved in a long term legal battle.

He said the colossal amount mentioned should not be considered in granting bail because the offenses are just mere allegations without facts.

Omenke who is acting for the second accused requested for her release on bail saying that she is a family woman and a Kenyan citizen.

“Accused should be released on favorable bond terms because the charges tabled against them are billable, unless there are compelling reasons to detain them, they should be released, no facts has been put by prosecution to deny accused bail,” he added

Omenke bail is just a commitment to ensure that the accused attend trial but should not be used against them.

He added that the prosecution was in a hurry to charge his client without completion of investigations.

“The normal legal procedure is to investigate a suspect first before arresting them but in this case, the accused were arrested before they were investigated, “added Omenke.

He added that their rights have been infringed and they are family women with kids.

Omenke said that the prosecution did not indicate whether the second accused is a flight risk.

The prosecution on the other said they intend to oppose bail and will table their formal affidavit tomorrow.

Aisha Jumwa Murder Trial has been terminated by the High Court of MombasaJumwa’s counsel said that the accused had never held a gun and that there was no evidence that she had one on the day Ngumbao Jola was shot during the Ganda by-election campaigning in 2019.Aisha Jumwa, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender, will now testify as a state witness in a murder case against her.The DPP filed a motion to have the case withdrawn, and the subject will be heard in court on December 21, with the CS anticipated to appear in person.This comes after Jumwa’s lawyer, Danstan Omari, requested that the case file be examined by the DPP since the evidence offered by the prosecution did not establish, she was engaged in the shooting.Aisha Jumwa Murder Trial has been terminated by the High Court of MombasaJumwa’s counsel said that the accused had never held a gun and that there was no evidence that she had one on the day Ngumbao Jola was shot during the Ganda by-election campaigning in 2019.Aisha Jumwa, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender, will now testify as a state witness in a murder case against her.The DPP filed a motion to have the case withdrawn, and the subject will be heard in court on December 21, with the CS anticipated to appear in person.This comes after Jumwa’s lawyer, Danstan Omari, requested that the case file be examined by the DPP since the evidence offered by the prosecution did not establish, she was engaged in the shooting.