The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has recommended charges against two Members of Parliament over their alleged involvement in anti-government protests staged in June earlier this year.
Embakasi Central legislator Benjamin "Mejja Donk" Gathiru and his Embakasi North counterpart James Gakuya are accused of planning and mobilising demonstrators to destabilise the country.
According to the DCI officers, the two were implicated following an intelligence report that alleged that the duo organised several meetings at a popular hotel in Nairobi to plan the protests.
Upon interrogation, the DCI officers preferred charges against the lawmakers. The charge sheet includes; soliciting or inciting others to commit offences contrary to Section 391 of the Penal Code.
Other preferred charges were; conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to Section 393 of the Penal Code and money laundering contrary to Sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.
On July 31, the two politicians were summoned during which their statements were recorded. However, according to the DCI, the lawmakers declined to hand over their mobile phones for forensic examination.
"Efforts are being made to obtain all financial data from FRC, their mobile provider and banks where financial transactions were carried out," the detectives said.
"This is an investigation into a case of Conspiracy to commit a felony Contrary to Section 393 of the Penal Code and Soliciting or inciting others to commit offence contrary to Section 391 of the Penal Code," the DCI officer added.
In August, DCI obtained a court order allowing it to scrutinise the phone numbers linked to the two MPs. However, the duo also went ahead to seek a court order that barred the access to their phones.
In a related investigation, police also questioned former Embakasi West MP George Theuri, former Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu, and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's private secretary, Munene wa Mumbi, on Monday last week.
These individuals also stand accused of having ties to the organization alleged to have funded the Gen Z protests.
While narrating his ordeal after the summon last month, James Gakuya revealed that he was questioned about the details of his meeting with other unknown individuals at a hotel in Nairobi
