- However, the seventh suspect Francis Muendo Ndonye has been released on Sh500,000 personal bond.
- The magistrate cited that since the arrest of the suspects, there was no need to have a court order to investigate the handwriting of the suspect.
Eight police officers from the disbanded Special Services Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have been detained for 21 days pending investigations.
Kahawa law court chief magistrate Diana Mochache on Thursday ruled that the police have proved that they are investigating serious matters which need time.
In her ruling, the magistrate said there was no political witch hunt in the offences being investigated as alleged by the defence.
“I allow the application to detain the suspects pending investigations except for the seventh suspect. They will be detained for 21 days to allow police to complete their investigations,” Mochache said.
She said the suspects will be escorted for a DNA test, and they may get a pathologist but at their own expense.
They will be remanded at Kileleshwa police station.
The suspects are Joseph Mwenda Mbaya, David Chepcheng Kipsoi, Stephen Luseno Matunda, Paul Njogu Muriithi, Simon Muhuga Gikonyo, Peter Muthee Gachiku, Francis Muendo Ndonye, John Mwangi Kamau and Joseph Kamau Mbugua.
However, Mochache has released the seventh suspect Francis Muendo Ndonye on an Sh500,000 personal bond.
The seventh accused was released after a successful application by lawyer Clinton Mwale Litwaji who said his client's handwriting was forged.
Despite him reporting to the police, he had not been investigated since his arrest.
The court agreed with him that the officers did not need 30 days to investigate handwriting which the court indeed found to be different.
The magistrate cited that since the arrest of the suspects, there was no need to have a court order to investigate the handwriting of the suspect.
The suspect has been barred from leaving Nairobi.
Last week the nine who are accused of being behind the disappearance of two Indian nationals Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai and their taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania whose were arraigned in court.
Police had sought 30 days to detain them.
In the application, the prosecution led by Michael Sang sought to have the suspects detained for 30 days pending investigations entailing DNA sampling and forensic analysis of their gadgets.
The prosecution’s prayers were objected to by the defence led by Danstan Omari who termed the prosecution of the nine officers as political, targeted at certain high-ranking former security officials.
They are of abducting, killing and dumping the bodies of the three victims at Aberdare National Park.