•Ezekiel is accused of conspiracy to murder, crimes against humanity, abduction, child cruelty and money laundering.
•The state had applied that he be denied bond, saying the planned charges are complex.
Pastor Ezekiel Odero and his lawyers will today return to court where a judge is expected to give a ruling on his detention.
Police had sought to have him detained for 30 days. The state had applied for orders to hold the New Life Prayer Center preacher for a month pending a probe into his church's operations.
Ezekiel is accused of conspiracy to murder, crimes against humanity, abduction, child cruelty and money laundering.
The state had applied that he be denied bond, saying the planned charges are complex.
Shanzu senior principal magistrate Joe Omido had on Friday directed that Ezekiel be held at Port police station until today to give the court sufficient time to rule on the state application.
Ezekiel's lawyers led by Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta have said they will be seeking to arrest the ruling in a bid for the court to consider Ezekiel's new affidavit sworn on Monday in which he has distanced himself from pastor Paul Mackenzie.
Elsewhere in Kiambu, the High Court will today deliver judgment in a murder trial against Edward Munjalu, a police officer who was accused of shooting to death businessman William Mwangi Kimani in 2017.
On July 28, 2022, the trial court found that Munjalu had a case to answer.
According to the court, there is evidence of his connection with the circumstances in which the killing of the deceased occurred on August 27, 2017.
Fourteen prosecution witnesses testified against the accused, while one witness, a police officer, defended him.
International Justice Mission -Kenya represents the victim's family in the case that began in December 2017.
Kimani, 32, was shot dead inside his car as he drove away from Club U-Turn in Limuru town before daybreak, where he had been drinking and watching football matches with friends, according to evidence presented in court.
A scuffle had allegedly ensued after he (Kimani) refused to buy the police officer alcohol, prompting the club’s security officials (bouncers) to intervene and eject him (Munjalu) from the club.
Evidence presented in court states that the officer approached Kimani's vehicle when he was reversing out of the parking lot and shot him seven times through the front passenger window, killing him instantly.