The attempt to arrest Treasury CS, Henry Rotich, on Monday, was reportedly met with resistance before he surrendered to police officers.
Nation reported that CS Rotich watched as DPP Noordin Haji gave orders of his arrest.
Before the detectives accessed his office, they had to force their way through Treasury's security personnel as well as the government official's bodyguards.
The local publication reported that the CS’s secretary and bodyguards, who were following the events on TV, told the officers that the CS was on the phone and asked them to wait.
According to the newspaper's sources, the arresting officers flatly refused and threatened to force their way in.
The commotion forced the CS to emerge from his office just in time to witness guns being drawn by his bodyguards, as Nation published.
Rotich, ostensibly was courteous, even offering the arresting officers a cup of tea, which they politely declined before whisking him away.
People Daily reported that upon getting out, "All the minister asked the detectives was, “Ni kesi gani mnasema? Hakuna shida, twendeni (Which case are you talking about? All the same, there is no problem, let’s go)."
The CS, along with his PS Kamau Thugge, and a host of other suspects, were arraigned in court on Tuesday, where they took a not-guilty plea.
