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Man to testify against Mathe wa Ngara, co-accused

Nairobi

By Fred Kagonye | Aug 19, 2024

David Ochieng one of the three suspects in a Sh8 million narcotics case has offered to testify against Nancy Kigunzu alias Mathe wa Ngara and Christopher Odipo.

“I am ready to help the government get all the evidence it needs,” he told trial magistrate Renee Kitangwa.

Ochieng said that he was only a taxi driver when he was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Unit of Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

He made the offer during the mention of a case where the three are charged with two counts of dealing narcotics.

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This is after DCI officers arrested them in Juja, Kiambu County on August 9, where they were found with 18 kilos of bhang in Georgina Apartment in Mastore area of the Juja Sub County.

Magistrate Kitangwa was supposed to receive a probation report yesterday to enable her make a ruling on whether Kigunzu, Ochieng and Odipo would be freed on bond.

The report was however not tabled with the probation officer informing court that it was not ready.

“The reports are not ready, for the first accussed trhere is a community report that has to be done,” said the probation officer.

The officer said that the community where Kigunzu lives was yet to be interviewed including the local administration officers.

The trial magistrate was told that probation officers had been dispatched to ascertain where Ochieng and Odipo live.

“Currently a home visit is being conducted to facilitate the same.”

The magistrate allowed the officer to file the report between today and tomorrow, setting Thursday, August 22, as the mention date for the case to confirm if it had been tabled.

“We can have the ruling on September 10, 2024,” said Magistrate Kitangwa.

Ochieng and Odipo will be remanded at Industrial Area Prison while Kigunzu will be held at the Lang’ata Women’s Pris