Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and his lawyer Danstan Omari are off the hook after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji dismissed evidence contained in the investigation filed as inadequate to sustain charges.
Forthwith, the DPP directed the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Amin Mohamed to close the investigation file without further police action.
This is after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) said that the evidence provided by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) against Matiang’i and his Lawyer Danstan Omari is not sufficient to sustain the said charges.
“Upon independent and thorough analysis of the evidence availed and a review of the statements of the witnesses, the Director of Public Prosecutions found that the evidence provided was not sufficient to sustain the above charges against Dr. Fred Okeng’o Matiang’i and his advocate Danstan Omani. The evidence provided did not meet the ingredients needed to prove each of the afore-mentioned offences as required by law.” A correspondence by the ODPP signed by Acting Deputy DPP Lilian Obuo reads in part.
The DCI sought to charge the duo over publication of information on an alleged police raid at his Karen home on February 8, 2023 which the DCI claimed was staged managed through much publicised rejoinders at the DCI headquarters.
The DCI said his office had launched investigations against the former CS, his lawyer Omari and their alleged co-conspirators who he accused of intending to cause apprehension in the country.
The DCI had forwarded the file to the DPP to review and recommend prosecution of the two for the offences of; Conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to section 393 of the Penal Code and Publication of false information contrary to section 23 of the Computer and Misuse and Cybercrime Act No. 5 of 2018.
