This archive report was first published on 16 August 2019.
On August 11, 2019, two prisons officers and a primary school teacher were among four people charged with drug trafficking in Taita Taveta County.
Warders Bonface Korir and William Chenge, attached to Manyani Maximum Security Prisons, denied the charges before Voi Resident Magistrate AN Karimi.
They were remanded in Voi Prisons Remand for failing to raise Sh500,000 bond each.
The other accused is a teacher at Maktau Primary School, Justus Kichoi, and his wife Agnes Luge, who separately appeared before Wundanyi Resident Magistrate Emily Nyakundi.
She released them on Sh30,000 bail each.
The warders were accused of having 27 sachets of cocaine worth Sh10,800 at Manyani Maximum Prisons on August 11.
Chenge was also accused of having ammunition at the prison staff quarters on August 12 without a firearm certificate.
The magistrate fixed the mention and hearing of the case on August 26 and September 24 respectively.
