Former President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i at Coast in January 2019. PSCU.
- Explained8 February 2023 - 7:28 pm "My client is holed up as if he is a former fugitive in his own country. We shall not allow the officers to nab him," he stated.
Reports that the home of ex-CS Fred Matiangi was raided have taken a new twist after IG Koome addressed the matter | Pulselive Kenya.
It won't be accepted and we will not allow it to happen to Matiang'i or anybody else. "They want to use the power of the police to terrorise this country. Speaking to the media after arriving at the scene on Wedensday night, Odinga expressed his surprise that the officers had chosen to confront Matiang'i at night. [Lawyer Danstan Omari ](https://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/local/at-40-years-i-began-studying-law-interesting-story-of-danstan-omari/ylkzexc)has also divulged that they have gone to court seeking to the arrest of the former CS. "I wish to clarify that no police officers under the NPS was sent to former CS Matiang’i residence at all," he said. Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome has addressed reports that police officers raided the home of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Wednesday night.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has told former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi to 'lick some glucose' as the journey is still long, implying, ...
"We don't know the intention of wanting to invade Matiangi's home at this time of the night. "Matiangi ordered my arrest at night on 21/4/22 and was detained at Capitol hill police station at 6pm and later Gigiri police station upto following Monday despite court orders to the contrary. Bado safari ni mbali alambe glucose (loosely translated, the journey is still long, let him lick glucose)," Cherargei tweeted.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 9 - Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has protested a night police raid at his home, saying he is ready to face any ...
“We don’t know the intention of wanting to invade Matiang’i’s home at this time of the night. A few days later after his remarks at Magoha’s home the security personnel attached to Matiangi and other powerful individuals who served under former president Kenyatta were scaled down. His lawyers, led by Danstan Omari who camped at the home in Karen during the raid said their client’s life is at risk and accused police of harassment.
Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga visited Matiangi's home on hearing about the raid and termed the attempted raid completely unacceptable. by LUCY MUMBI. News. 09 February 2023 - 11:43.
Police surrounded the home of former Cabinet Secretary for Interior Fred Matiang'i in Karen, Nairobi, last night. This morning, Dr Matiangi's lawyers ...
This could have been a matter of semantics but, all the same, a debate was up in the air. 1 of 2018 (Revised) issued in July 2018,” read the document. 1 of 2018 was issued by "The Presidency" hence the debate. For starters, there is a procedure that is followed when police officers investigate or are having a person of interest [whom] to investigate. They have not declared what they want or what interest they have in Dr. What they are coming to do, is what we don’t know. At that time, then they ask this person to state what he knows about the case they are investigating. We don’t know the intention of wanting to invade Matiangi’s home at this time of the night. This is what actually appears to be coming back to our country. If Mr Matiang’i has committed a crime, he’s a Kenyan and lives in Kenya. “We have put a cordon in his house of more than 200 lawyers protecting our client. They say that the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Former Interior Cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi. Image: FILE. Police on Wednesday night raided former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i's home in ...
Raila said he will spend the night at the home until the matter is solved. - Raila said he will spend the night at the home until the matter is solved. - ODM leader Raila Odinga and a battery of lawyers arrived at the former CS home to close ranks.
Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has moved to the High Court seeking anticipatory bail over an alleged looming arrest. Matiang'i, in his ...
He continues: “ True to their words, on the afternoon of the 9th February 2023, my family home in Karen was raided, surrounded, and cordoned off by police officers who were seeking to arrest me. His security was withdrawn the next day and the impending arrest is part of the scheme to harass and silence him forever,” Matiangi’s application filed by lawyer Danstan Omari reads in part. “I am of the firm belief that the powers of arrest of the respondents and the Kenya Police are being abused and maliciously misused to harass, intimidate and oppress me and my former cabinet colleagues and His Excellency, the former president; so as to achieve extraneous political purposes unconnected with upholding the law,” he says. He alleges that the plot to arrest him was discussed and formulated on January 30, 2023, at the sidelines of the 16th Annual General Meeting of the Africa Prosecutors’ Association (APA) held at Mombasa. According to him, the timing of the raid and alleged looming arrest is meant to ensure that he does not attend his former colleague’s funeral. According to Dr Matiang'i, confidential sources have informed him that he is to be arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and will be charged with abuse of office.
Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has said the alleged raid of former Interior CS Fred Matiangi's home should not be sensationalised. Speaking during an interview ...
"We are ready and willing to present Matiang'i to any police station in this country. "We are two hundred advocates charged with protecting the former CS. - "The role of government is to protect property and lives, the right thing to do is to be patient and keep quiet as no one is dead or beaten."