This archive report was first published on 9 September 2019.
On September 6, 2019, Mombasa Magistrate Kagoni Edgar Matsigulu was arrested following the loss of approximately 10kgs of heroin valued at Ksh.30 million and Ksh.600,000 cash in July last year.
Magistrate Kagoni, who was arrested alongside three others, is expected to take plea before the JKIA court on Monday.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, the four will be charged with obstruction with intent to defeat justice and aiding and abetting trafficking of narcotic drugs.
However, Magistrate Kagoni claims that there's no justification for charging him, adding that the move by the DPP is misguided and meant to harass and intimidate him.
Magistrate Kagoni delivered his judgment on June 11, 2019, convicting the accused, Hussein Massoud Eid, for trafficking in narcotic drugs, sentencing him to 30 years in prison and fining him an additional Ksh.90 million.
However, Magistrate Kagoni is said to have made another order that the Ksh.600,000 cash be returned to the convicted person, breaching sections 36 and 78 of the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (control) Act No.4 of 1994.
