BLOGS
NYS suspects say they are starving and mistreated, asks court for food and water
NYS suspects when they appeared before court on Wednesday, (Courtesy)
NAIROBI—Ms Anne Wambere Ngirita, one of the accused in the Sh8 billion NYS scandal, has complained of starvation in cell.
According to nation, the suspect says that she has been surviving on eating samosas adding that the last time she took a proper meal was on Sunday 3 June.
They also informed the court that they missed breakfast on Wednesday morning because they left their remand cells very early.
Ms. Ngirita, through lawyer Cliff Ombeta, raised the concern while at Milimani Law Courts where her ruling on application for bail was to take place. Her bail was however declined.
“We are being treated as if we have been convicted,” another woman in the case said.
Three more suspects took a plea on Wednesday morning over the same charges before the beginning of the pre-trial session.
On Wednesday morning, Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti declared the NYS suspects as public enemies citing that they don’t deserve to be released on bail.
“I find that the charges facing the accused are serious in nature and a threat to national security. The economic crimes touch the core of the country’s financial health which can lead to anarchy and in the circumstances the court is justified to deny them bail,” ruled Ogoti.
