- Principle magistrate Irene Gichobi allowed the application made by the DCI and said the suspect Collins Khalusa be detained at any police station.
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The key suspect in the killings and dumping of bodies at Kware dumpsite in Embakasi Nairobi has been detained for 30 days pending further investigations into the case.
Principle magistrate Irene Gichobi allowed the application made by the DCI and said the suspect Collins Khalusa be detained at any police station.
The magistrate allowed the application by the DCI after the latter stated they were still pursuing other suspects who were at large.
It was their argument that releasing Collins at this stage would interfere with the crucial evidence and witnesses on record.
The Detectives are probing the several cases of murder alleged to have been committed by Collins who remains to be the Prime suspect.
The murders are said to have been committed on diverse dates between June 2022 and July 11 this year.
DCI Embakasi took over the probe on July 11 after several reports of missing persons were made at Kware police station and other stations.
At the time the bodies were discovered, the court heard that the officers retrieved about eight human body remains of females which were severely dismembered and at different stages of decomposition.
"Several families have since come forward at Nairobi Funeral Home to identify the recovered body remains and two of them were positively identified by family members," the court heard.
In an affidavit, Patrick Wachira an officer based at the Homicide department said that on July 15 the chief government pathologist conducted a post-mortem on some of the recovered body remains. His finding was that the cause of death was due to blunt force trauma.
"Various body samples were obtained and forwarded to the government chemist for further analysis. These results are still pending," said Wachira.
The court further heard that there are more body remains which are yet to be identified through DNA analysis and through the National Registration Bureau to confirm their identities.
In opposing the suspects' release on bail, the officer said his rental house located in Sinai-Kware is still an active crime scene.
"It is believed to hold more evidence and it has not been forensically documented for security reasons therefore the investigating team needs more time to prepare and process the same," the officer said.
In a rejoinder, Collins through his Advocate John Ndegwa said the allegations facing his client are alien to him as he was tortured to confess.
"Nothing concrete has been produced before this court in respect to the accusations levelled against him. Much of what has been adduced is mere speculation," said Ndegwa.
He pleaded with the court to allow his client to undergo medical treatment and the 30 days be reduced to 14.
However, the claims of inhuman treatment and torture were dismissed by the DCI.
The magistrate after hearing from the parties said "His security is paramount I will therefore allow the application for the suspect to be detained for 30 days at Gigiri Police Station or any other police station."