A Nairobi court has instructed police officers investigating Nation reporter Walter Menya’s case to give him back his phone and laptop.
The journalist told court on Tuesday that the items, which he uses for work and communication, have not been returned to him.
He asked the court to order for their release once the officers are through with their analysis of the gadgets.
Principal magistrate Martha Mutuku asked the investigating officers to hand over the gadgets to Menya.
Menya’s lawyer James Orengo had earlier told the court that police had not returned the items which they seized from his house.
The journalist was arrested following allegations that he demanded Sh50,000 from one Kennedy Koros to publish a story in the Sunday Nation.
Police also claimed that the journalist had received a down payment of Sh32,000 through M-Pesa between June 15 and 17.
It was alleged that he published the story with the headline ‘Civil Servants in JP Foundation say all they want is to alleviate poverty’.