Ever since President Kenyatta appointed Goerge Kinoti as the person to head the Department of Criminal Investigations, Mr Kinoti has been headlining for the past couple of months. He has been quite hands on compared to his predecessor Ndegwa Muhoro.
DCI Kinoti has been very keen in handling some of the biggest crimes in Kenya starting from the elephant in the room which is corruption something even the President is determined to curb.
Well according to Kinoti, his line of work is quite risky as not a day goes by without corruption cases happening, he has further revealed that alot of bribing has been happening in his department as well as in the EACC previously.
“What we found upon assuming office was mind-boggling. It was pure economic thuggery. Some of the cases, among them very sensitive ones, have been with the EACC for years.” says DCI Kinoti
In addition he said, that he found “some difficulties when he assumed office, “There are some people who have been seeking refuge elsewhere. We met a culture, a way of life by cartels that were ripping off the State.”
His sentiment came at a time when he has been investigating multi-billion-shilling scandals at the Kenya Pipeline Company, National Youth Service, Kenya Power, NHIF and the National Cereals and Produce Board.
A lot had been happening at the anti corruption commission when DCI Kinoti and DPP Noordin Haji decided to curb the corruption war by themselves something that brought shake up between EACC and the two.
In addition he said, “Some of the cases were sensitive and can’t be spoken about publicly but I am glad the issues have been sorted out. We sat with the DPP after he came in and agreed to go full blast on the cases.”
“To end the confusion, we opted to have a specific agency handling a matter or the DPP assigning a case to a given agency,” he said.
Kinoti said the DCI has a haven at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, since all cases by DCI, EACC, and KRA terminate at DPP Noordin Haji’s office.
Kinoti says the DPP has been instrumental in arbitrating the perceived competition by ensuring the cases are assigned to specific agencies.
“Now we ensure that we build strong cases before before presenting them the DPP for prosecution. The office has set the threshold that we must meet before a case proceeds to trial,” the DCI said.