Friday, September 27, 2024 - The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has recommended serious charges against two MPs allied to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over their involvement in anti-government protests in June and July this year.
Embakasi Central legislator
Benjamin "Mejja Donk" Gathiru and his Embakasi North counterpart
James Gakuya are accused of planning and mobilising demonstrators to
destabilise the country.
According to the DCI officers,
the two were implicated following an intelligence report that alleged that the
duo organised several meetings at a popular hotel in Nairobi to plan the
protests.
Upon interrogation, the DCI
officers preferred charges against the lawmakers. The charge sheet includes;
soliciting or inciting others to commit offences contrary to Section 391 of the
Penal Code.
Other preferred charges were;
conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to Section 393 of the Penal Code and
money laundering contrary to Sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Proceeds of Crime and
Anti-Money Laundering Act.
In a related investigation,
police also questioned former Embakasi West MP George Theuri, former Nyeri Town
MP Ngunjiri Wambugu, and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's private secretary,
Munene wa Mumbi, on Monday last week.
These individuals also stand
accused of having ties to the organization alleged to have funded the Gen Z
protests.
This comes even as Gachagua
faces imminent impeachment with more than 200 MPs having appended their
signatures to send the DP home over tribalism.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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