Nancy Kigunzu, famously known as 'Mathe wa Ngara,' a businesswoman, has petitioned the court to prevent her arrest.
Kigunzu identifies herself as a law-abiding citizen who has never committed a crime in Kenya and has never been summoned by police officers or charged with any crime, according to court documents.
She further believes that she is being used as a scapegoat and that police are looking for her on false allegations.
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According to court documents, "The applicant firmly believes that the timing of the arrest is designed to intimidate and ensure that she does not continue running her business here in Kenya,".
Kigunzu also alleged that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome threaten to arrest her, accusing them of violating her constitutional rights.
"The first (DCI) and second (IG Koome) respondents' arrest powers are being abused and misused to harass, intimidate, and oppress the applicant," she claimed.
She said she is willing to use "a just and fair legal system in which her fundamental rights are respected."
As a result, Kigunzu seeks an order to be granted protection from arrest and admittance to anticipatory bail or bond.
On August 17, hidden notes worth Ksh.12,975,000, as well as 26 bags of marijuana and four cartons of rolling equipment, were discovered during a drug bust in Ngara's Kariwa slums, and four suspects were arrested.
One hundred seventy-three pieces of suspected blended drug/bhang were also seized, as were 42 cartons carrying 200 cigarettes apiece.
Kigunzu's children, Eugene Jumba (16) and Hillary Jumba (17), were arrested. Sheila Withers and Teresa Wanjiru are two others.
Teresa Wanjiru, who was initially suspected of being the real 'Mathe wa Ngara,' was later revealed not to be the person of interest, prompting an extensive manhunt for Kigunzu.
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