Two other suspects linked to the four grenades recovered from a vehicle parked outside businessman Jimi Wanjigi’s Muthaiga 44 house will spend five days in police custody awaiting conclusion of investigations by detectives against them.
The duo: Kennedy Ochieng Asewe and Joseph Augo Otimo appeared before the Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki who ordered them to be detained for five days.
The two other suspects, Duncan Otieno and Calvin Odhiambo appeared before Chief Magistrate Bernard Ochoi who ordered for their detention for seven days at the Central Police Station.
The quartet will be questioned over four grenades recovered from a vehicle they were in and which was parked outside Wanjigi’s house Number 44 on Muthaiga Road.
“E********s are usually used by t********s to cause mass destruction and this country has witnessed the same in recent times. The request by police to establish the purpose of the grenades need not be taken lightly and therefore I allow suspects be detained for five days,” ruled Ondieki.
Carry out investigations
Ochoi allowed police to detain Otieno and Odhiambo for seven days from Monday saying police need time to carry out Investigations.
He declined a plea by defence lawyers Willis Otieno, Dr Owiso Owiso, Ian Mutiso and John Andati to review the seven days detention on grounds that the owners of the grenades are known. In his ruling, Ochoi said the defence did not avail a press statement allegedly read to the media by the acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli ascertaining that the said grenades were recovered inside Wanjigi’s house.
The raid on Wanjigi’s Muthaiga home occurred amid intense demonstrations on August 8, led by the “Nane Nane” movement.
The protests have been marked by widespread calls for governmental reform, driven by frustrations over corruption, economic mismanagement, and rising living costs.
The raid and subsequent recovery of items from the vehicle underscore the government’s heightened scrutiny of political figures associated with the protests.