Lawyer Mwita detained for 14 days in terror financing probe

Lawyer Chacha Mwita when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage at Kahawa Law Courts in Kiambu on November 19, 2025. He has been detained for 14 days to allow Anti Terror police to investigate on the allegation of terrosism, financing and facilitation. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Kahawa Law Courts have allowed the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) to hold lawyer Chacha Mwita for 14 days as they investigate him over his alleged financing of terrorism.

Magistrate Gideon Kiage, in his ruling, said that the State had raised issues that were not unfounded and could only be answered through thorough investigations.