Suspect Who Could Not Raise Sh200 Fine Dies In Police Cells

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 11- A 30-year-old man died Saturday night inside Pangani Police Station cells.

He was in custody after failing to raise Sh200 for a fine ordered by a Magistrate at Makadara Law Courts.

Police said Robert Mureithi had been arrested for breaking Covid-19 rules and police were holding him waiting for the court to issue orders for him to be processed and taken to remand.

Starehe police boss Julius Kiragu said the deceased was arrested last week for breaking curfew rules.

“He appeared in court for a virtual session at Makadara Law Courts on Friday around 3pm and had to be returned to the station.”

“The suspect collapsed in the cell and the cause has not been established, Officer Commanding the Station checked into the cell to check on the inmates around 7am and found someone had collapsed he alerted MSF doctors for assistance but when they arrived, he was already dead,” he added.

Mureithi’s body has been taken to City Mortuary for postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death and start the process of tracing his family.

Meanwhile, four suspects were shot dead in two separate incidents in the city and guns recovered from them.

The first Incident happened in Dandora where three suspects were killed after a chase by police. Police said they recovered a gun from them.

Another suspect was shot dead In Mlango Kubwa area while his two accomplices managed to escape on foot.

Police say they are looking for them and that the group had been attacking and robbing locals when an alarm was raised.