The Kibera court has directed the officer investigating a malicious damage to property matter against a businesswoman to verify the authenticity of the medical documents produced as reasons why the suspect could not take a plea.
When they appeared before the magistrate, Luke Muraya expressed his disappointment after realizing the suspect, Mary Waithira Gikonyo, was said to be sick. When she left the police station, she was in good health.
“I gave instructions to my junior officers to escort Waithira to court later to find she did not take a plea for being sick,” Muraya told the magistrate.
Muraya, an Officer Commanding Hardy Police Station, also expressed his disappointment after realizing today, the day on which the court directed the plea to be taken, she failed to appear.
He abides by the prosecution’s view that he was doubting the medical documents provided and that they need to be verified.
“Your honor, I doubt the medical documents produced in court, and they need to be verified,” he said.
In response, the defense lawyer, John Swaka, told the court that when the police arrested his client, the police denied her bail, and her health complications started after spending the night in a police cell.
He prayed the court to mention the matter in two weeks, but the court refused to direct that the seven days specified on the documents be complied with.
In giving directions, the magistrate directed the suspect to appear in court on November 4, 2025, to enter a plea; failure to do so would result in the issuance of a warrant to arrest her.
The magistrate also directed the officer investigating the matter to confirm the authenticity of the medical documents and to bring the report at the time of the plea-taking.
According to court documents Wanjiru is accused that, on March 22, 2025, at Hardy along Kumbe Road within Lang’ata Sub-county jointly with others who were not in court jointly unlawfully and willfully destroyed the main gate, broke doors to the main house, window panes, CCTV cameras all valued at KSh 325,000 the properties of Eric Munene.
The matter will be mentioned on November 4, 2025, for plea taking.
