DCI Gives Jimi Wanjigi 72 Hours to Surrender 11 Illegal Firearms

Jimi Wanjigi, businessman and ODM presidential aspirant, has been given 72 hours to surrender eleven illegally held firearms by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

Wanjigi is also expected to hand over 485 rounds of ammunition, according to the investigative agency.

If he does not relinquish the firearms, he will be detained, said Kinoti.

The Director of Criminal Investigations, George Kinoti, was in November sentenced to four months in prison by the High Court for breaching a court order by refusing to handover guns confiscated from the businessman in 2017.

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Despite being ordered to return the firearms to Wanjigi, Justice Anthony Mrima stated in his ruling that the DCI boss had chosen to stay obstinate.

Even after being found guilty of contempt, the Judge noted that Mr Kinoti had taken no steps to seek a pardon from the court or to have the decision suspended.

“In other words, Mr George Kinoti stayed put and waited to see what the court will do to him in the face of his outright defiance,” the Judge said. 

Mr Kinoti was ordered by the judge to report to prison within seven days, failure to which the Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai was required to arrest him. The DCI boss is yet to honour the court order, three months later.

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“In the further event the IG of Police fails to execute the warrant, the same shall remain valid and be executed anytime including when Kinoti leaves the office of the DCI,” said Judge Mrima.

Two Glock handguns and two assault rifles are among the weapons sought.

Mr Kinoti said in his defense that Wanjigi’s gun license had been cancelled, and that several of the weaponry he had were a security risk since they should not be carried by a civilian.

The DCI says in an affidavit that some of Wanjigi’s firearms are high-precision military firearms that are not allowed to be carried by people in Kenya under the Firearms Act.

“The firearms were subjected to ballistic examination and a report confirmed the Firearms Act prohibits them,” the affidavit read.