The Director of Criminal Investigation George Kinoti has revealed that he did not instruct a city lawyer to file an application on his behalf againt businessman Jimi Wanjigi over the gun saga.
Calvin Koome, the lawyer who filed the application on Friday last week, has admitted to court that he had no instructions from Kinoti and the application was irregularly filed.
“I had no direct instructions from the DCI. I had instructions from a proxy,” he said.
Koome also confirmed to the court that the law firm he used to file the application did not authorise him to do so.
The Judge in withdrawing the application, he said Koome’s actions raise serious issues on his conduct which border on fraud and criminal activity.
The judge directed the Law Society of Kenya to investigate the lawyer on the issue of misconduct and criminal activity.
Meanwhile, a person claiming to be Wanjigi’s friend has now claimed that he negotiated with the DCI in an out of court deal for Wanjigi to collect his guns from the Firearms Bureau.
In a letter, Micheal Kibutha claimed Wanjigi handed him the authority to collect his seven rifles from the DCI.
However, Kinoti told Wanjigi through Kibutha that the said guns were not in his custody but rather at the Firearms Licensing Board from where Wanjigi could collect them on producing the court orders.
Kinoti was sentenced to four months imprisonment at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison for contempt of Court for failing to return firearms belonging to Wanjigi.
The warrant was to be executed by the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai.
However, Kinoti was allegedly seeking orders to stop Mutyambai from arresting him after Judge Anthony Mrima sentenced him.
“In the further event the IG of Police fails to execute the warrant, the same shall remain valid and be executed anytime including when Kinoti leaves the office of the DCI,” ruled Justice Anthony Mrima.
