Jimi Wanjigi’s father now skips Nyeri court session citing health concerns

Maina Wanjigi says  police took his gun from a bedroom in his son Jimi's Muthaiga house where he spent the night in solidarity with the family after police besieged the property in a failed attempt to arrest the son in October 2017. [Courtesy]

The father of NASA backer and controversial businessman Jimi Wanjigi, who was expected before a Nyeri Court today, to face gun-related charges did not show up citing health concerns.

Maina Wanjigi, 86, a one-time Cabinet Minister for Co-operative Development in the  Moi administration, had been summoned through the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to answer charges of failing to keep safe his firearm, contrary to Section 18 (3) as read with Section 18 (4) of the Firearms Act Cap 114 laws of Kenya.