Court frees woman arrested over X posts tracking Ruto's flights

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Halima Ngache when she appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena on July 6, 2026. [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]

A Nairobi court has freed Mombasa resident Halima Ngache, who was arrested over allegations of operating an X account that tracked and published President William Ruto's flight movements.

This is after Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena rejected a second bid by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for more time to complete investigations and conduct further forensic examination of her electronic devices.

In a brief ruling delivered on Monday, the magistrate marked the miscellaneous application filed by the DCI and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) as closed and ordered that Ngache be released forthwith.