The rivalry between the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has now seen them move to court with the DCI demanding for the investigation and prosecution of his counterpart Noordin Haji for alleged falsification and fraud during consultative meetings to come up with guidelines on terrorism.
According to an affidavit sworn by Director of the Anti-Terror Police Unit Martin Otieno, the DCI boss George Kinoti alleges that DPP Noordin Haji forged the attendance list while organizing a meeting for stakeholders to discuss the newly formulated guidelines on Terrorism and Terror Financing Act to include names of two detectives who did not attend the meetings on 21st February and March 2022.
Additionally, the DPP is also accused of forging the said detective’s residence entries in the hotel where the workshop was hosted.
The DCI boss further claims that the consultant expert involved in the drafting of the guidelines was selected due to his relation with Haji and was not qualified for the job.
The DCI wants the guidelines on Terrorism and Terror Financing set aside because the taskforce comprised of a majority of non-investigative agencies with no expertise or technical knowledge in investigation and financing of terrorism.
Kinoti argues that as a lead agency, they were underrepresented throughout the formulation of the guidelines with only two of their officers in attendance as opposed to 12 participants from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
In response DPP Noordin Haji told the DCI to stop absconding his investigative duties and instead appeal against the high court ruling directing his office to draft charge sheet.
Haji noted that the Judgement of the High court is a reinforcement of previous Judgements delivered by Superior Courts on the issue of the exercise of prosecutorial powers.
