Details have surfaced indicating that it took President Uhuru Kenyatta’s personal initiative to push forward the arrest and the prosecution of 54 suspects in the NYS graft scandal.
It is reported that on Sunday afternoon, Uhuru made a personal call to the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti instructing him to ensure that the day does not end before the suspects were arrested.
According to a report by The Star, the president clearly stated that none of the chiefs should go to sleep before the operation was completed.
[caption caption="DCI George Kinoti"]
[/caption]
This directive caught the police chiefs off guard forcing them to reconsider their initial plan of nabbing the suspects on Monday.
Kinoti then summoned the senior police officers to his Kiambu office on Sunday at around 5pm.
In attendance were Nairobi DCI Chief Ireri Kamwende, Flying Squad Deputy Commander John Njoroge, Head of Investigations John Kariuki and Head of Special Crimes prevention Unit Pius Gitari.
Kamwende was appointed as the leader of the operation and instructed that none of the 42 suspects whose details were provided should flee.
The operation was completed on the wee hours of Monday morning when 20 of the suspects were arrested.
On Monday after the operations, the president gave a press briefing warning all those involved in corruption.
[caption caption="NYS graft suspects arraigned in court"]
[/caption]
On Tuesday, the suspects were arraigned in court where Judge Francis Andeya ruled that they remain in police custody awaiting the ruling of whether they will be released on bail or not on June 6.
