Ekeza Sacco founder David Kariuki Ngare, alias Gakuyo who was Wednesday arrested at the airport in Nairobi is today expected to be arraigned in connection with Sh1.3 billion fraud claims.
The televangelist who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as he prepared to leave the country for a business trip to Zambia is expected to appear at the Milimani chief magistrate's court where detectives will seek to have him detained.
Gakuyo was detained before being driven to the DCI headquarters in Nairobi where he was grilled and later locked up at the Muthaiga police cells.
Detectives plan to make a miscellaneous application before the court to detain him for more days as they wait for clearance of more charges from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
His lawyer Ndegwa Njiru has since faulted the state for the arrest which he says was wrong.
Withdrawal of case against former Kenya Pipeline MD
Elsewhere, the High Court will today give further directions in a case where the Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking to withdraw Sh30 million graft charges against former Kenya Pipeline MD Charles Tanui.
The DPP has already obtained an order suspending any further proceedings touching on the matter.
The move came after the Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate's court declined the state's application to withdraw the charges.
When the matter came up for hearing Wednesday afternoon, senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Alexander Muteti told the court they were not ready to proceed after obtaining the High Court orders.
He said the High Court issued the order to allow the state to canvas a review of the case. The matter was slotted for a hearing on Thursday.
"The revision will come up before the presiding judge of the anti-corruption High Court tomorrow. Grant us time to allow us to argue that application," Muteti told senior principal magistrate Victor Wakumile.
The court confirmed it had received the order of the High Court and subsequently suspended the hearing pending the outcome of the application.
