Politician Jimmy Wanjigi on Monday defended his employees in court, requesting a review of the decision to detain them, claiming that police planted the items on them.
The two, Duncan Odhiambo Otieno and Calvin Ochieng Odongo, were arraigned in court last Friday, where the police requested 14 days to complete their investigations.
Chief Magistrate Benard Ochoi granted the application but reduced the detention period to 7 days instead of the 14 initially requested.
The court ruled that there were sufficient reasons to detain them pending investigations.
However, Wanjigi’s lawyer, Willis Otieno, asked the court to review the ruling, asserting that the explosives were planted on them.
Otieno argued that the state found the explosives at Wanjigi’s residence, not with the two men, and therefore they should be released.
“Let the state deal with Wanjigi, not the two. It’s the police officers who planted the explosives,” Otieno said.
He claimed that the individuals who allegedly planted the explosives in the car and at Jimmy Wanjigi’s house were captured by CCTV.
He further argued that since the police were responsible, there are no compelling reasons to detain the two because Wanjigi has taken responsibility.
“Allow the giants to fight like giants. We should not waste the court’s time by involving innocent parties in what they do not know,” Willis Otieno submitted.
The magistrate stated that the matter would be mentioned tomorrow morning for a ruling on the review.
