The famous Mathe Wa Ngara, a businesswoman suspected of drug trafficking has been detained for one day pending her bail ruling on Wednesday.
JKIA senior principle magistrate Njeri Thuku said she will rule on whether Nancy Endoveria Kigunzu will be detained for five more days pending investigations on Wednesday.
Kigunzu, commonly known as Mathe Wa Ngara, would be held at the ICD police station for her alleged drug dealings.
According to a miscellaneous application filed by Sergeant Stephen Chesire requesting to detain Kigunzu, she fled from police during operations that resulted in the arrest of three other suspects.
Chesire said weighing and sampling of the alleged drugs was done in her absentia.
“The sweets and cookies which were seized from the respondent premises couldn’t undergo preliminary laboratory test hence no report which will give further directions on this case on the charges to be preferred,” the officer says in the affidavit.
Chesire further told the court that he intends to conduct further interrogations which might lead to further arrests of Kigunzu’s accomplices.
“It is for this reason that I request the respondent to be held for five days to enable the investigating officer to complete his investigations,” he said.
The Court was also told that the suspect is a flight risk and if released before the investigations are complete, there is the likelihood that she will interfere with the investigations and compilation of evidence.
