“I have not fled from Kenya,” Matiang’i
Matiang'i responds to claims he fled Kenya following the summons by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
Matiang’i responds to claims he fled Kenya following the summons by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, according to his lawyer Danstan Omari, traveled to the United Kingdom to attend to family matters
Matiang’i’s whereabouts were Tuesday night unclear following revelations he left the country on February 19 — four days before the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) announced summons for him to appear for questioning.
It emerged the DCI had asked for the ex-ministers travel history on the same day the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) opened a lifestyle audit on the former powerful minister in retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government.
“The passport number was issued to Dr. Okengo Matiangi on January 12, 2022. He is also a holder of a diplomatic passport. “He departed on February 19, 2023, through JKIA on KLM flight number KL 566,” the immigration office revealed.
Speaking on the morning of Wednesday, March 1, Omari confirmed that his client was indeed out of the country refuting reports that he fled over his DCI summons.
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“There is nothing sinister about his travel. He is there to attend to an urgent private family matter and shall return to resume his ordinary routine as a private citizen,” he stated in a subsequent statement.
He added that Kenyans needed to stop speculating over the travel given that the former CS would return to the country in due course.
“Those familiar with his travel schedules over time will confirm that he travels regularly to that part of the world via KLM.
“It is therefore unfair to cast aspersions on his movement,” he stated.
According to the lawyer, Matiang’i was scheduled to be in the UK for two weeks.
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