Businesswoman Nancy Kigunzu, popularly known as ‘Mathe wa Ngara’, has moved to court seeking to stop her impending arrest.
According to court papers, Kigunzu describes herself as a law-abiding citizen who has never committed any crime in Kenya and that she has never been summoned by police officers or charged with any crime.
She further claims that she is being used as a scapegoat and that police have launched a manhunt for her on trumped charges.
“The applicant is of the firm belief that the timing of the arrest is designed to intimidate and ensure that she does not continue running her business here in Kenya,” read court papers.
Kigunzu further claimed that she is under imminent threats of arrest by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome, accusing them of violating her constitutional rights.
“The powers of arrest by the 1st (DCI) and 2nd (IG Koome) respondents are being abused and misused to harass, intimidate and oppress the applicant,” she said.
She added that she is willing to avail herself to “a just and fair legal system in which her fundamental rights are respected.”
Kigunzu, therefore, wants an injunction to be granted protection from arrest, seeking admission to an anticipatory bail or bond.
During a drug bust on August 17 at the Kariwa slums in Ngara, hidden notes totaling Ksh.12,975,000 as well as 26 bags of marijuana and four cartons of rolling supplies were found, and four suspects were arrested.
Also confiscated were 173 pieces of suspected blended drug/bhang, as well as 42 cartons each containing 200 pieces of cigarettes.
Among the arrested suspects were Kigunzu’s children namely Eugene Jumba (16) and Hillary Jumba (17). Others are Sheila Withers and Teresa Wanjiru.
It was later learnt that Teresa Wanjiru, who was then suspected to be the actual ‘Mathe wa Ngara’, was not the person of interest leading to an extended manhunt for Kigunzu.
She is suspected to be a key drug peddler in Nairobi.
