Details of CS Linturi’s interrogation at DCI headquarters
Troubled Agriculture CS, Mithika Linturi summoned at DCI headquarters for interrogation over fake fertiliser scandal
Troubled Agriculture CS, Mithika Linturi summoned at DCI headquarters for interrogation over fake fertiliser scandal.
In relation to the phony fertilizer valued at Ksh209.5 million, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi showed up at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters on Kiambu Road.
According to reports, the CS showed up at DCI at 7:00 am to be questioned and to try and get a statement on how the fake fertilizer ended up on the market.
The CS spent more than seven hours at the Directorate at the time this item was published before traveling to the State House to attend President William Ruto’s national address.
We recognize that CS Linturi appeared before the DCI and that if the investigators had had a valid basis to hold the Ameru elder, they would have done so for the duration of the weekend.
In the last week, three high-ranking members of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) have been placed under arrest on suspicion of plotting to deceive Kenyans by selling counterfeit fertilizer.
The Managing Director in particular was accused of abusing his position to get contracts for the sale.
The MD and two other officials were ordered to pay Ksh3 million with one surety apiece or an alternative Ksh1 million cash bail. The executives rejected the charges.
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This occurred just hours after 149 MPs supported the impeachment motion, leading to the formation of an 11-member committee in Parliament to look into the case.
TJ Kajwang’, Yusuf Farah, Robert Mbui, Naomi Waqo, Rachel Nyamai, Samuel Chepkonga, and George Gitonga are a few of these members.
Jane Njeri Maina, Moses Malulu, Kassim Sawa Tandaza, and Catherine Omanyo are a few others.
When selecting the 11 members who were asked to maintain objectivity throughout the entire probe, the MPs had to take the House’s diversity into account.
Before submitting a report to the House, the committee has 10 days to look into the claims.
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