Businesswoman charged with drugging fornication partner in Nairobi vacation house, giving false information to police

A businesswoman in Nairobi, Linet Kainyu, has been charged with drugging her fornication partner, Jacob Kibet, and giving false information to the police.

According to the police, Kainyu invited Kibet to her apartment on Lumumba Drive on October 23, 2023, for beer and sex. She then allegedly administered an unidentified stupefying drug to him in his drink.

Kibet discovered the tablet in his drink just before he swallowed it and fled the room. He then reported the incident to the apartment’s management and the police.

The tablet was recovered and is being analyzed by the government chemist for identification.

Kainyu is also facing a charge of giving false information to the police after she gave them a false name when she was arrested. She told the police that her name was Faith Makena, but her national identification card revealed her real name.

Kainyu is accused of causing the police officer who arrested her, PC Kennedy Otieno of Kasarani police station, to record wrong information in the digital Occurrence Book (OB).

Kibet met Kainyu at a restaurant where she borrowed his phone to call her sister to send her money to pay her bills. Kibet obliged and left his phone with her for a while.

Two days later, Kainyu called Kibet and asked to meet him for drinks and sex. They met at a restaurant, had several drinks, and then bought takeaway drinks before proceeding to Kainyu’s apartment.

Just before they went to bed, Kibet went to the washroom, leaving his beer on the table. When he returned, he took a sip of his beer and felt something on his tongue. He spit it out on a tissue and discovered that it was a tablet of an unknown drug.

Kibet realized that he was being drugged and notified the apartment’s management, who called the police. Kainyu was arrested and charged in court.

Kainyu denied the charges and was released on a surety bond of Sh200,000 without an option of cash bail. The case will be mentioned on December 5, 2023, and the hearing will start on April 4, 2024.