- An application filed in court by Sergeant Stephen Chesire seeks to detain Kigunzu.
- Chesire said weighing and sampling of the alleged drugs was done in her absentia.
A businesswoman linked to drug trafficking and possession of 'cookies and sweets' has been detained for one day pending a court ruling on bail.
JKIA senior principal magistrate Njeri Thuku said she will deliver her ruling on Wednesday on whether Nancy Endoveria Kigunzu will be detained for five days pending investigations.
Kigunzu who is popularly known as Mathe Wa Ngara over her alleged drug deals, will be remanded at the ICD police station.
An application filed in court by Sergeant Stephen Chesire seeking to detain Kigunzu indicates that during the time of operations which led to the arrest of three other suspects, she fled from police arrest.
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.
The Court was urged that it is in the interest of justice and within the discretion of the Court to consider granting the orders sought.
Kigunzu was arrested by police on Tuesday in the Nairobi CBD.
Police said an earlier search was conducted on her rented house and several sacks were recovered therein with a green dry substance suspected to be narcotics found.
Also recovered, were cakes and sweets suspected to have been made using narcotics.
"A total of Sh13,443,110 was recovered therein which is believed to be proceeds of crime and the investigating officer ought to verify the case of money laundering on the respondents and charge them accordingly, Chesire added.
He said Kigunzu is a serial offender and she had been earlier arrested for trafficking in narcotic drugs where she entered into a plea agreement vide Case no E092/2022 at Kahawa Law courts where together with three others were fined.
However, defence lawyers led by Danstan Omari, Cliff Ombetta, and Sam Nyaberi among others opposed her detention.
They said the suspect was arrested due to media pressing as she is not a suspect in the alleged offences
"She is facing the wrath of a public campaign as she was not supposed ro be arrested. She was arrested outside my office at around 4 pm. As I was in court. It is not true that she is a flight risk," Omari told the court.
Omari further told the court that the suspect had filed an anticipatory application before the High Court and when they served the DCI, the application jolted the officers leading to the arrest of the suspect.
Ombeta also urged the court ro release their client on bail saying she is ready to deposit her travel documents in court hence she is not a flight risk.
He said the police have not proved to court anything showing the investigations have commenced.
"Personal liberty is something that is sacred, please release the respondent on bail," Ombetta said.
The Court also heard that the suspect is a single mother with two kids.
Her two children were also arrested and are at Muthaiga Police Station.