The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has issued a clarification on reports that individuals linked to the infamous anti-Finance Bill protests are set to be charged in court.
ODPP was forced to quell tensions after a letter made the rounds on social media purporting that authorities had received and approved a communication from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
In the letter deemed as fake, four individuals were mentioned and accused of different crimes ranging from conspiracy to commit a felony, which is contrary to Section 393 of the Penal Code, and offenses related to money laundering and other financial crimes.
"Following your communication dated September 24, 2024, regarding the investigation into the violent protests that occurred in Nairobi on June 25, 2024, I have reviewed the inquiry file on the four individuals," the fake letter read.
The letter, which was laced with a fake signature of the Senior Assistant of the DPP, Vincent Monda, further claimed sufficient evidence had been gathered to charge the four individuals.
Among the individuals named in the letter was Leslie Muturi, the son of embattled Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi.
Incidentally, the three other individuals in the letter were also named in Justin Muturi's explosive police statement detailing his son's abduction. The statement went viral on Tuesday, January 14.
On Thursday morning, the ODPP shared the statement on their official handles, flagging it as fake amid a storm of criticism on security agencies in the country following Justin Muturi's police statement.
CS Muturi, who is also facing an onslaught of criticism from allies of the Kenya Kwanza government, detailed how his son Leslie Muturi was abducted in June 2025 at the height of the so-called Gen Z protests.
In his report, the CS claimed his son was allegedly picked up by 'armed, hooded gangsters' while they were travelling along Denis Pritt Road, turning into Olengruone Avenue. Leslie was in the company of Mwenje and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Marangu Imanyara.
While namedropping Kithure Kindiki, President William Ruto, and Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) director Kiprotich Mohammed, Muturi dropped a bombshell in the 3-page statement suggesting Director General of the National Intelligence Service was behind his son's abduction woes.
"Noordin confirmed that indeed, he was holding my son and the President ordered him to release my son immediately. Noordin responded that Leslie would be released within an hour," the CS said in his statement.
