Nairobi — A Kenyan-British girl has lodged a proper grievance with suppose agencies over what she terms “unlawful arrest, coercion, and targeted harassment” at Jomo Kenyatta Global Airport (JKIA) on July 15, 2025, despite a sound court present.
Stephanie Carol Grantham says she became detained for over eight hours by immigration and DCI officers, accompanied by her two minor teens, whereas attempting to wander.
This became despite presenting a conservatory present issued by the Excessive Court docket on July 8 holding her from arrest or interference.
“I was held without charge or explanation in a DCI holding office at Parking Lot D, JKIA, threatened with incarceration, and denied access to legal counsel,” read her grievance in part.
“This was not only a violation of my constitutional rights but a brazen act of contempt against a standing High Court order.”
She alleges the arrest became timed to coincide with a coercive electronic mail sent by attorneys representing Joan Mumbua Muli Ndunda and Savannah Grantham, annoying that she resign her feature as executor of her unhurried father’s property.
Grantham is searching out for an investigation by the Unbiased Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and disciplinary motion against the officers eager.
She has additionally requested the Laws Society of Kenya to rob motion against two advocates she accuses of weaponizing the moral gadget for interior most rep.
She cites violations of constitutional provisions including freedom from arbitrary arrest, shiny administrative motion, and protection of teens.
Grantham is the court-appointed executor of the unhurried David Jonathan Grantham’s property.
She alleges that her father became subjected to years of abuse by Ndunda, including physical assault and fraud.
Since his loss of life in November 2023, she claims she has confronted threats and malicious moral motion supposed to intimidate her and derail the succession course of.
Despite a sound court present, she claims some formulation interior the police acted in live performance with interior most folk to unlawfully detain her.
