Suspected drug dealer Nancy Kigunzu alias ‘Mathe wa Ngara‘ was Thursday denied bail in a narcotics trafficking case.
The court said in a decision on the bail application that the businesswoman was a flight risk due to her involvement in drug trafficking.
Magistrate Njeri Thuku ruled that granting her bond was not in the best interests of justice.
The businesswoman and a co-accused, Eugine Jumbo, who was also denied bail, will remain in custody until the drug trafficking case is heard and decided.
Her other co-accused, Teresia Wanjiru, was granted Sh50,000 cash bail.
She will, however, be required to provide contact information for two people, one of whom is a blood relative, and to appear before the JKIA law courts within seven days to file a social report.
‘Mathe Wa Ngara’ has been detained since her arrest on August 21 in connection with a drug bust in Nairobi’s Ngara area, where Sh13.4 million in cash was also seized.
Kigunzu, who collapsed during the bail hearing on Monday, told the court that her medical condition requires constant monitoring and medication and that she is afraid that if she is denied bail, her condition will worsen.
Kigunzu had dismissed allegations that she was a flight risk and that she would abscond court proceedings.
Through her lawyer Danstan Omari, Kigunzu said although she was arrested in Nairobi CBD, her children were arrested in a residential house, arguing that she has a home and the police offered to know.
She further refuted claims that she would interfere with witnesses in the case, saying that all the witnesses are police officers and she has no powers to interfere with them.
Also present in court were Kigunzu’s co-accused Wanjiru and two others, who also sought to be released on bail.
Through their lawyers, the accused persons say that the prosecution has not established compelling reasons to warrant their stay in remand.
Last Friday High Court ordered the Sh13.4 million that was recovered from the den in Ngara to be deposited into the Assets and Recovery Agency’s (ARA) preservation account at the Kenya Commercial Bank.
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