BY SAM ALFAN.
Drug trafficking suspect Nancy Indovera Kigunzu popularly known as ‘Mathee wa Ngara’ is set to lose more properties after a state agency obtained a court order freezing her assets.
The High Court issued preservation order against her 11 properties worth millions. She had already lost more than Sh13 million which was seized from her last year.
Anti-Corruption court judge B. Musyoki prohibited the woman and five others and their employees, agents or servants from dealing in any manner with the parcel of land and properties including motor vehicles.
The court barred Kigunzu, George Inguti, Brince Odanga, Bernard Manase, Judith Makungu and Scholastica Wambui Kibathi from interfering or developing the properties in Kiambu County, Vihiga and three motor vehicles all suspected to be proceeds of crime.
The judge directed the woman and her partners to surrender the original logbooks of the motor vehicles to Asset Recovery Agency within seven days.
The judge said the Director General of National Transport and Safety Authority to register caveats against the records of each of the motor vehicles.
“The Respondents be and are hereby ordered to surrender the motor vehicles to Asset Recovery Agency and be assembled at the Agency’s premises at UAP Old Mutual Towers parking lot with immediate effect,” ordered Anti-Corruption Court Judge Musyoki.
The court orders shall remain in force for 90 days.
The motor vehicles include a KCR 918B Toyota Axio, KBQ 268H Toyota Station Wagon registered under her name and KCR 965G Toyota Corolla registered in the name of George Jumba Inguti.
The parcel of lands is located in Kiambu county including an apartment known as Georgina apartment situated at Juja Kalimoni area.
Other parcel of land are located in Vihiga county .
The agency said the properties are believed to have to have been acquired from or are profits or benefits of proceeds of crime and used for commissioning the crime.
The five are believed to be her associates and she registered some of the assets under their names as conduits.
The agency told the Anti-Corruption Court that the woman was arrested in Nairobi County with suspicion of the offence of trafficking Narcotic Drugs.
ARA commenced investigations to recover proceeds of crime accrued by her through the illegitimate trafficking and trading of narcotic drugs. .
The agency said on 15th August 2023, officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrested suspects who are believed to be mules, associates and close relatives of Indoveria.
The suspects included Eugene Otiende Jumba, Hillary Shisiali Jumbo and Teresia Wanjiru Mwihaki.
During the arrests, a search was conducted on the residence of her and a total of 30 bags containing dry green material weighing 622 Kilograms valued at Sh13.4 million, suspected to be cannabis sativa was recovered from her residence.
On 23rd August 2023 the Agency opened an Inquiry File No. 84/2023 to investigate and inquire into any assets, benefits and profits that she acquired from the illegitimate trade of Narcotics Drugs.
The agency said it established that the assets specified in the application are proceeds of crime obtained from the illegitimate trade in Narcotic Drugs and should be forfeited to the state.
