Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 8 – Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji says he is reviewing the file on claims by former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi that security agents raided his Karen home on February 9.
Haji said in a statement Wednesday that the decision to charge the former powerful security boss will be made in due course.
“The duplicate file herein will be reviewed, and a decision thereto, shall be made in due course, based on the evidence, facts, the law, and the Decision to Charge,” he said.
The DPP reiterated that his office is committed to upholding the rule of law and respect to the fair trial to all persons.
The statement from the DPP comes a day after Matiangi appeared before the directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to shed light on the events of the day in question.
The DCI slapped the former security boss with conspiracy to commit a felony and publication of false information charges.
A charge sheet from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) shows that Matiangi will be charged with publishing false information with intent to cause panic.
The felony given preferred against him said that “between 8th February 2023 and 9th February 2023 at Karen Ngong View Estate within Nairobi County in the Republic of Kenya with intent to cause panic, chaos or violence among citizens of the Republic of Kenya jointly with another published in the media that his house had been raided by a battalion and or Garrison of Police officers intending to arrest you a fact you knew to be false.”
The detectives also warned Matiangi against making any comments on the matter saying it will be used against him in court.
“I caution you that you are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so but whatever you say, shall be taken down in writing and may be given as evidence in court,” warned Maurice Shiraho, a Chief Inspector of Police attached to the Investigation Bureau of DCI Headquarters, Serious Crimes Unit.
Matiangi’s lawyer Danstan Omari said that detectives were yet to agree on the day the former security boss would be charged.
“They are trying to set the day he will be charged yet the court is the one to decide. We refuse,” he said.
