What you need to know:
- The suspected proprietor of killer refilling station in Embakasi has been arraigned
- Three are National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) officials
- DCI is seeking 21days custodial detention to complete investigation
The suspected proprietor of killer refilling station in Embakasi has been arraigned before Milimani law court.
In a miscellaneous application, the DCI to have the suspects Derrick Kimathi, Joseph Makau, David Walunya Ong’are and Marrian Mutete Kioko remanded 21days as they complete investigations against them.
Kimathi is suspected to be the proprietor of the illegal gas-filling plant in Mradi, Embakasi East, where fire broke out on Thursday night, killing six people and injuring nearly 300 others.
The other three are National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) officials who are accused of issuing a license illegally to Kimathi’s company.
In the document filed,detectives they are investigating murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, negligence acts, causing harm and abuse of office charges against the suspects.
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Similarly, they argue that the four persons have been hiding since the matter was reported and a lot of resources have been used to track them down, adding that they should not be released on police cash bail.
They four appeared before Nairobi magistrate Dolphina Alego.
