The police have been granted seven more days to detain the main suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo.
Milimani senior principal magistrate Zainab Abdul on Wednesday said the application by the police to continue detaining the girl was merited as she was facing a serious offence.
While granting the request, Zainab said police needed to conclude investigations as the CCTV footage is yet to be analyzed.
"I allow the prosecution to continue holding the suspect for seven more days as DNA samples from the blood-stained clothes from the suspect is yet to be concluded," she said.
Abdul added that the issue of the minor's age is yet to be established as her age assessment test is still pending.
The case will be mentioned on October 25.
The girl was arrested on September 26, at the Olympic area within Kibera.
A miscellaneous application filed by Corporal Patrick Boge said that she was arrested following a report of murder at Woodly Annex in Kibra within Kilimani.
The 0fficer told the court that on September 15, a report was made by one Amina Komara at Kibra police station that there was a commotion at house number 6 Woodley Estate Annex Upper of Kibra.
He said a team of police officers from the Kilimani subcounty visited the crime scene and established that the deceased was lying with multiple stab wounds on the chest, face and neck and secured the scene.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased was in the company of the respondent herein before he was found murdered where she is suspected to have attacked the deceased while armed with kitchen knives," the court was told,"
Boge said investigations indicate that the minor was among the group that orchestrated the violence which resulted in the death of the deceased.
The police officers who visited the crime scene did recover the murder weapons.
"The continued detention of the respondent is immensely necessary for the furtherance and finalising of the investigations, his release could further lead to interference with the investigation," Boge said in his affidavit.
Maigo was discovered with 25 stab wounds at his Woodley Estate.
