- Detectives are however expected to make a miscellaneous application.
- They will seek to detain the duo for more days pending the conclusion of investigations.
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Two women arrested over the weekend while attempting to steal a child aged one year in Kawangware will be arraigned today to face human trafficking charges.
Detectives are however expected to make a miscellaneous application in which they will seek to detain the duo for more days pending the conclusion of investigations.
The two were arrested on Saturday after after a good Samaritan saw one of his neighbour's children with one of them and upon asking her she looked suspicious and they both failed to satisfactorily explain how they got hold of the child.
He immediately notified other passengers who helped in arresting them.
Upon reaching the police station, it was realized that they were trafficking the child to a ready buyer who was waiting in the Nairobi Central Business District
Their case is coming up before Kibera senior principal magistrate Electina Rihani.
Only last week, a Nairobi court jailed two former workers at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital after they were convicted of child theft and trafficking.
Sh100m gold scam: Former Nyakach MP aspirant to be charged
Elsewhere, former Nyakach MP aspirant Jonathan Okoth Opande will today be charged with Sh100 million fake gold scam following his arrest last week.
He is accused of having swindled Thai nationals of more than Sh100 million in fake gold scam.
Detectives on Friday recovered fake gold bars and pellets and a makeshift smelting machine at his office in Lavington, Nairobi.
He was arrested on Friday following complaints from Kitvisit Songsri and Nutsaphol Songsri, both Thai Nationals.
Opande is expected to face the charges before Milimani senior principal magistrate Susan Shitubi.