The late Monica Kimani was briefly detained at the airport upon arrival from Juba because she was in possession of undeclared cash.
She was, however, let go after a high flying individual called senior KAA officials to secure her release.
Immigration Principal Secretary Gordon Kihalangwa also said the matter never came to his attention adding that his officers only deal with passport matters.
“One thing I am sure of is that She bore the ordinary one,” he said.
“Secondly, with regard to whether she was detained for failing to declare the money she had, am not aware because that is the docket of the customs department,” Kihalangwa told the Star.
He however noted that if one is detained for more than an hour at the airport, an official report is supposed to be recorded.
There is no official record of her detention despite sources telling the Star that she was indeed held for about four hours at the airport.
The incident has been handled with the strictest confidentiality, with no official records showing Monica was at the airport on the material day.
Undercover police officers at JKIA, who requested anonymity, told the Star how Monica was briefly detained by customs and immigration officers but the incident didn’t bear much significance until later when they identified her as the same woman who was brutally murdered.