On May 30, 2022, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti disowned signatures allegedly appended by his officers for attending a workshop for the formulation of terrorism guidelines called by the Director of Public Prosecution.
According to an explosive affidavit, Kinoti said that his officers never participated in the validation workshop and signatures being presented as persons who attended the workshop from his office are forgeries.
He stated that the signatures allegedly appended by DCI and Anti-Terror Police Unit officers on February 21 and March 2022 are forgeries.
Chief Inspector Joseph Kipchumba, who was allegedly in attendance, did not attend any of the sessions as he had been recalled back to his station to attend to other pressing matters, Kinoti claimed.
Further investigations have established that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji also forged the residence entries of the officers in the hotel where the alleged workshop was taking place, Kinoti alleged.
“It is a dishonor and abuse of power for an officer of the court to audaciously present criminally prepared and concocted evidence through deceit, fraud, making of false documents, forgery and uttering the same in desperate attempts to justify his course,” chief inspector Martin Otieno said.
Kinoti wants the guidelines quashed, arguing that they shall have unwarranted implications on security organs of the nation.
He reiterated that there is no known institution under the Kenya law that is legally empowered to tackle offences related to terrorism and financing of terrorism other than the DCI.
