Nairobi — The Immigration Department has furnished the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) with the travel history of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi after he failed to appear for questioning over misinformation.
In a letter addressed to the DCI, the State Department for Citizen Services revealed that Matiangi left the country 10 days after the alleged raid by security agents at his Karen home.
"The subject departed on February 19, 2023, through JKIA on KLM flight number KL566," a letter written by Immigration Director General Emmanuel Simiyu, reads in part.
The letter is dated February 28, 2023.
The revelation came four days after Matiangi defied orders to present himself to the DCI terming summons issued against him as defective.
Matiangi was required to appear at DCI headquarters on Friday, February 24, for questioning over false information he spread alleging a police raid at his Karen home.
His lawyers however said the summons were unsigned hence his decision to defy the orders.
They also said Matiangi has valid court orders shielding him from arrest by the police.
Lawyer Danstan Omari said Friday the agency should follow the due process.
He however, said that in as much as Matiangi was granted an anticipatory bail by the High Court it does not stop security agencies from investigating him.
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"He has nothing to hide but the investigations must be done within the law," he said.
Lawyer Omari said that a proper summon under the National Police Service Act must be signed and witnessed by police officers.
"Show me one where the police have signed similar to mine where there were e three signatures of police officers," he said.
He went on to say that a summon must be served in person to the person it is targeted for, saying there is no ingle sermon that has been signed by Matiangi or his lawyers.
Omari further said that the agency misled the media and Kenyans by insinuating that the former security boss had defied the authorities.
He went on to claim that the ongoing woes against his client are politically instigated.
"Any narrative to show Dr Matiangi as somebody who is not ready to comply with the police is politics," Omari said.
