This archive report was first published on 30 June 2021.
Published on June 30, 2021, a dispute has emerged between officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Ndaragua Police Station over the detention of 15 murder suspects.
The suspects were arrested on suspicion of being linked to the murder of Amos Gichuki, 25, on May 15, this year. It has been a month and a half since they were arrested, with DCI officers pleading with the Nyahururu Law Courts three times for more time to conduct investigations.
Corporal Ben Korir of the DCI pleaded with Nyahururu Chief Magistrate Charles Obulutsa to grant them more time to hold the suspects in police custody, saying this would enable the DCI office to piece together evidence to pin down the suspects.
However, when the 15 suspects were taken back to court on Monday, Mr Korir told the court his office was not ready to charge the suspects and pleaded for more time to continue holding them at the station.
Ndaragwa police station Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Sebastian Muika accused the DCI officers of doing little on the case, saying, “We have been remanding the suspects in our cells which are as small as two-by-eight feet for over 30 days now and little is being done by the DCI officers at the station to ensure that the suspects have been charged.
The magistrate later directed the officers to release the suspects on police cash bail, saying, “The OCS should go back to the station and decide on the amount of police bail to release the suspects as investigators continue with their investigations,”
