The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji has vowed to sue former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i who said the plan by to have his home raided was hatched by Haji and President William Ruto in Mombasa.
Through Musyoki Mogaka and Co Advocates, the former CS claimed that the scheme to have him arrested was formulated on January 30 in Mombasa.
“I was informed that the scheme to have me arrested was formulated on 30th January 2023 on the sidelines of the 16th Annual General Meeting and Africa Prosecutor’s Association (APA) Conference held in Mombasa,” Matiang’i said in an affidavit.
The conference was attended by Ruto who met Kenya’s chief prosecutor in the sidelines of the forum.
However, Haji dismissed the claims and allegations made by Matiang’i during a TV interview on the night of Thursday, February 9, stating that the former CS should produce evidence to back up his claims.
“I have looked at his application in court and I has alleged that the President and myself met on the sidelines in Mombasa where we had the African prosecutor’s forum to plan against him. That in itself is perjury, and I will take him to task. Let him table that evidence that we did that. We had several Attorney Generals from across Africa and I have evidence that nothing like that happened,” Haji said.
Interior CS Kindiki Kithure also distanced himself from the home raid saying that the National Police Service (NPS) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) did not raid Matiang’is home.
“No police officer(s) or any security agent from any government institution or department was dispatched to the home of Dr Matiang’i to arrest, harass or otherwise interfere with his constitutional rights in any manner whatsoever,” Kindiki said in a statement sent from Arabal, Baringo County, where he is currently on official duty.
The High Court has since barred police from arresting Mating’i pending investigations into abuse of office allegations. Justice Kanyi Kimondo granted Matiang’i an anticipatory bail of Sh200,000 but said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Directorate of Criminal.
Investigations (DCI), Inspector-General of Police, National Police Service (NPS), Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Independent Police Oversight Authority and National Police Service Commission were at liberty to investigate Matiang’i over any criminal conduct.
