Matiang’i deserves to be treated with dignity, CS Kindiki (VIDEO)
Kindiki urges his predecessor, Dr. Fred Matiang'i to be treated with dignity as a former Interior Cabinet Secretary
Kindiki urges his predecessor, Dr. Fred Matiang’i to be treated with dignity as a former Interior Cabinet Secretary.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has spoken on the recent police activity at his predecessor, Fred Matiang’i’s residence in Karen, Nairobi.
This is in the face of the tribulations of the former CS whose home in Karen, Nairobi, was recently broken into by state security agents.
Kindiki spoke recently in the wake of Matiang’i’s recent scuffle with the state.
In the clip, Kindiki is heard acknowledging the work undertaken by his predecessor, stating that he (Matiang’i) ought to be treated with dignity by virtue of him being a former state officer.
“My predecessor deserves to be treated with dignity as a former state officer alongside many other state officers who have served this country well,” said Kindiki.
Adding that;
“We cannot use the security apparatus to punish people simply because they are not in the office. As I have said, everybody currently in the office will leave. So I’m careful not to use my time to try and hurt, demean or treat people unfairly because I’ll also be a former minister,”
The CS said this while appearing for an interview on NTV.
Earlier, Kindiki had divulged that he contacts Matiang’i for insights on running the critical docket.
It all began on the night of February 8 when Matiang’i claimed that his home was raided, surrounded, and cordoned off by police officers who were seeking to arrest him.
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He obtained a Ksh.200,000 anticipatory bail barring police from arresting and detaining him after moving to court, claiming he is apprehensive that his constitutional rights are being violated.
Kindiki said he had been given assurance that detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had carried out the search in accordance with the constitution.
“DCI wanted to get to the bottom of this matter and the former minister went to court and filed an affidavit saying there are things the police want to do against him and got anticipatory bail. Because the police are the accused they also went to court and convinced the judge that for them to be able to acquit themselves from the allegations, they needed to investigate the CCTV and other material with a view to establishing the veracity of the original claim,” he told the network.
“I was assured that it was done pursuant to the law and that is the only access I know of police officers in the private home of the former minister.”
Asked if he has called Matiang’i since the raid, Kindiki smiled before saying; “We wouldn’t want to politicize or personalize security matters and my desire is to make sure that as a minister, every Kenyan feels safe when they see a police officer.”
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