14 suspects linked to fake cement released on cash bail

A section of 13 people who were arraigned at a Milimani court on Monday, December 23,2024 facing accusations of selling fake cement. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Fourteen suspects, including businessmen, truck drivers, Uber drivers, and hardware owners, arrested over their involvement in selling fake cement, were on Monday released on Sh200,000 cash bail each.

This is after Milimani magistrate Dolphina Alego declined a request by the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Amin Mohamed to continue detaining the suspects for 30 days at Capitol Hill Police Station pending investigations of the possession and distribution of fake cement, which is believed to have contributed to recent incidents of buildings collapsing.