Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - Whistleblower Justin Siocha who exposed the alleged embezzlement of Ksh 19.7 million in NGAAF funds by Kisii Woman Representative Dorice Donya has spoken out after his abduction and detention last week.
In a detailed statement, he narrated how he was arrested at his home on
Thursday morning by a team of officers reportedly led by Kisii CCIO Catherine
Njue.
According to Siocha, his house was ransacked, his communication devices were
confiscated, and he was coerced into recording a statement at the Kisii DCI
office.
He was then detained at Kisii Central Police Station, denied the right to
communicate with his family or legal counsel, and claims he was treated as
though he were a high-profile fugitive.
Upon arrival, Siocha claims he faced repetitive interrogation about a Facebook
page allegedly used to criticize Donya.
When he denied any control over the page, he was reportedly subjected to
further pressure, including verbal abuse from the Woman Representative herself.
Siocha alleges he was detained over the weekend under vague circumstances and
was released on a free bond on Monday without any court appearance or clear
charges.
He believes the case was a diversionary tactic to intimidate whistleblowers and
silence critics of the alleged NGAAF funds misuse.
Siocha also revealed that Donya has allegedly submitted a list of 30
individuals, including MP Anthony Kibagendi, whom she wants the DCI to target.
He has vowed to continue exposing corruption, calling for accountability and
transparency in the management of public funds.
"Good Morning. Thanks for standing with me. I, Justin Siocha, was arrested
on Thursday morning at 7 am from my house and forced to record a statement at
the Kisii DCI office by one CCIO Catherine Njue, a woman who operates on
instructions from politicians (Donya, Osoro).
Then, at 11 am, I was thrown into the cells at Kisii Central Police Station without being told what my crimes were.
They denied me a chance to even communicate with my family or counsel
since they had confiscated my phones from my house when they turned it upside
down, looking for all communication gadgets and laptops.
Remember, on Wednesday night at around 11 pm, they had first attempted to break
down my gate when I refused to open it. Why send six DCI officers at night to
someone's house?
Was I a terrorist or a fugitive? Back at the cells, at around 10 pm on Thursday, my counsel came to report to me that the OCS had taken off at around 4 pm when he was asked to process me for cash bail.
He explained that he
was under instructions that my case was "high profile" and could only
be handled in Nairobi HQ or Regional DCI, Nairobi Area.
At around 3:32 am on Friday morning, I was hurriedly picked up from my cell and
put in a double cabin vehicle with three unidentified DCI officers, who claimed
they had been sent to transport me so I could be arraigned in Milimani Law
Courts on Friday by 10 am.
On the way, they made a call to the DCI office to
have my phone, witness statements, and other inventory sent to Nairobi. By that
time, we had already reached Mai Mahiu. How was I supposed to appear in court when
they had intentionally "forgotten" the evidence behind?
We arrived at the Nairobi Area DCI offices at 10:23 am. I was immediately taken
to the office of the Deputy DCI, Mr. Justus Imaana HSC, who, like the CCIO in
Kisii, asked me the same questions about the logins to an FB page bearing the
name Donya Toto for Women Rep 2022.
It was an old page created back in 2017
that had several violations, making it difficult to change or update the name.
I simply told him I was no longer the admin, and whatever they called malicious
and abusive content published there, I had no recollection of it.
He later instructed that I be handed over to investigating officers Miss Amina
and Mr. Mugambi to process me. They also started with the same old story—logins
to the page, or I surrender the name of the person operating it.
They took my
fingerprints, but before we could proceed with the statement, I requested to
make a phone call to seek my counsel's guidance. They adamantly declined,
citing that their phones were "out of bounds."
Finally, I gave a statement, but it was of no help, as I had no information to
provide them. Thirty minutes later, the complainant, Kisii Woman
Representative, barged into the room and started hurling insults at me.
She
claimed I should surrender her page to her or else we would meet in court on
Monday. She bragged about using money to get her way, reminding me that she is
still the Woman Representative until 2027, and insinuated that "someone
won’t be alive to keep posting insults" on her page, which has over 36,000
followers.
Later, I was taken to Capital Hill Police Station on Friday at around 5 pm and
stayed locked up until Monday at 1 pm when I was picked up by Officer Mugambi and
taken back to the DCI office.
Again, they started the same narrative: for me to "convince" whoever had the admin rights to the FB page to surrender them before I would be let go.
In short, it never happened because I had no
control over whoever had the admin rights to the page.
Eventually, I was released on free bond—no cash bail—and never taken to court.
Was this just about the FB page? Why waste public resources taking me all the way to Nairobi if they had no case?
I later learned that the same Donya had
submitted the names of 30 other people she wants the DCI to "teach a
lesson," particularly those she feels know too much about the NGAAF heist,
including Hon. Anthony Kibagendi, MP for Kitutu Chache South.
NGAAF Heist Part Two Loading Soonest. Sanity Must Be Achieved.
NB: She (Donya) had given explicit instructions that, once I was booked,
Kamukunji Police Station was to be my home for the weekend, indicating that I
should be put together with several chokoras at Kamukunji cells.
"However, someone decided I be taken to Capital Hill Police Station instead."
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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1 Comments
Its sad how people are looting left n right in country!but its ok bcoz its all rotten from head.God protect the poor.
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