In response to politicians claims that the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has no powers to investigate corruption cases, the Attorney General Paul Kihara and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Twalib Mbarak have come out to castigate such rumors.
Appearing before the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the two said DCI and EACC have powers under the Constitution to investigate on any matter that borders on criminality including corruption.
The sentiments by the duo comes at a time when Deputy President William Ruto and his allies want the DCI to keep off corruption investigations.
The Director of Public Prosecutions is mandated to ask the DCI to carry out investigations on matters of a criminal nature, Kihara said.
They also said that unlike what is going on in the public domain, the law allows the DCI to also undertake investigation on serious economic crimes in the country.
“The DPP has powers to instruct the DCI to investigate any matter that is of criminal nature and the DCI must comply. At the end of the day, corruption is criminal, there is no corrupt act that is not criminal,” he said.
Twalib said the DCI and his office have a cordial relationship and are working together to ensure they win the war on graft.
The duo made the remarks after members of the committee demanded to know whether the DCI has powers to carry out investigations graft matters.