former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi’s Karen home was raided by police officers on Wednesday, February 15. Eight Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) vehicles were seen on the compound, allegedly there to retrieve CCTV footage. However, Matiangi’s lawyer Dunstan Omari confirmed that the police officers acted against a court order which prohibited them from forcefully retrieving the footage. According to Omari, the police officers even broke down doors leading to Matiangi’s home and demanded access to all the rooms in the house.
“I know more than twenty police officers who raided Matiangi’s home by name and given a chance I would identify them one by one,” Omari claimed. The drama did not end there, as the watchman was arrested when he tried to raise an alarm about the raid. It was later confirmed that Matiang’i was not at home when the officers stormed and ransacked his Karen home.
DCI boss Amin Mohamed stated that the directorate had obtained a court order allowing them to search Matiang’i’s home, promising that “upon completing our investigation, we will take action if any officers from any security agency were involved in any unauthorized activities, or if any false information was knowingly disseminated by anyone to the public.”
Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL
However, things took an unexpected turn when Matiang’i’s lawyers arrived at the compound and demanded to be given a court order allowing them to access the home. The police officers took off, and it was later revealed that they had dismantled the CCTV systems and the footage which had recorded the previous raid on the same premises.
DCI had made an application seeking an order to allow them to retrieve the CCTV footage from a security firm that mans Matiangi’s home. However, the court declined to order the security firm to furnish its detectives with a certificate of production of electronic evidence of the CCTV footage.
The saga continues, with many questions left unanswered. What did the police officers hope to find in Matiangi’s home? Why did they act against a court order? What led to the raid in the first place? The public waits with bated breath for more information to come to light.
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