This archive report was first published on 9 September 2019.
On September 6, 2019, Mombasa Magistrate Kagoni Edgar Matsigulu was arrested over the loss of heroin worth Ksh.30 million. He has since been freed on a Ksh.20,000 cash bail.
Magistrate Kagoni was given an alternative of Ksh.100,000 bond and a surety of a similar amount by Mombasa Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi.
The arrest came after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji indicated that Magistrate Kagoni and three others would be charged with obstruction with intent to defeat justice and aiding and abetting trafficking of narcotic drugs.
According to the DPP, Magistrate Kagoni delivered his judgment on June 11, 2019, and convicted 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.
