- In the case, Devani was early this year charged with stealing 318,665 tonnes of jet fuel valued at Sh 1.5bn, a property of Kenya Commercial Bank.
- Devani had been on the run since 2008 before he was arraigned in court in January this year before Magistrate Ondieki.
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The High Court is expected to give directions in a case in which private detective Jane Mugoh is pursuing a missing child case across borders.
Mugoh is on the hunt for a mother who allegedly fled with her child from Norway without the father's consent.
Mugoh filed the case at the Milimani Law Courts last month, seeking to have the Director of Immigration Services-Kenya compelled to issue a travel alert on the woman.
She also sought an order that the Director provide passport information and the travel history of the woman to enable her to effect service of the petition.
According to the court documents, the woman was married to a Norway citizen.
They were blessed with one child but they separated in 2017 in a court of law of Norway.
The court subsequently ordered the child to be under the custody of the mother.
It also allowed the father monthly visitation.
“After the court order was issued, an investigation by Interpol, Norway and Sweden indicated that the woman moved to Sweden where she applied for a passport for her son and then moved to Kenya occasionally travelling to Somalia where she has relatives,” detective Jane said.
She explains she was hired as a private detective by the family in Norway to find the child in Kenya.
She is to ensure the minor is reunited with his family in Norway through a legal process.
Tycoon Devani Jet fuel case
Separately, the magistrate's court is to mention a case in which business tycoon Yagnesh Devani is facing charges of taking illegal possession of jet fuel worth Sh1.5 billion through his company Triton Petroleum Limited.
The last time the matter was in court Magistrate Robinson Ondieki issued a warrant of arrest after Devani failed to appear to confirm whether he has been supplied with documentary evidence and other exhibits to be relied on during trial.
It was the second time a warrant had been issued.
In the case, Devani was early this year charged with illegal possession of 318,665 tonnes of jet fuel valued at Sh1.5 billion, a property of Kenya Commercial Bank.
Devani had been on the run since 2008 before he was arraigned in court in January this year before Magistrate Ondieki.
He denied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Sh1 million.