Nairobi, Sept. 27 -- A court has allowed police to detain the main suspect in the stabbing death of Nairobi Hospital Finance chief Eric Maigo pending investigations.

The the 16-year-old suspect (name withheld for ethical and legal reasons) will be in police custody for 21 days.

A detective involved in the matter on Wednesday said that they believed that the minor did not act alone, and want her to give more information that might lead to the arrest of other suspects.

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"She has been arraigned in court because the state wants to seek orders to hold her for the next three weeks," said the officer who spoke in confidence as he is not authorised to speak...