Presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi's woes have continued to deepen after the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti gave him 72 hours to surrender guns.
In an order released on Monday, February 21, the agency revealed that Wanjigi was still in illegal possession of 11 firearms and 485 rounds of ammunition.
The agency further directed that if the tycoon failed to surrender the weapons by Thursday, he would be placed under lawful custody.
"The Directorate has in the past few months conducted extensive investigations and established that you are in possession of firearms and ammunition that are deemed to be illegally held.
"This criminal investigation has established that you hold 10 firearms of different makes and description... which act of possession is in contravention of the Law," read the statement in part.
The weapons he is accused of holding include 2 Ceska pistols, short gun, Glock 19, three Glock pistols and a rifle among others.
Wanjigi has been embroiled in a court battle against Kinoti over the firearms he is alleged to have held on irregularly after his service where he worked as a police reservist.
The agency had been pursuing the tycoon since 2021 after they claimed that he possessed the guns secretly.
Activist Memba Ocharo had moved to court, through lawyer Danstan Omari, seeking to compel the DCI to recover the weapons from the city businessman.
"A judicial review order of mandamus does hereby issue compelling Inspector General of Police and Director of Criminal Investigations to immediately arrest and take appropriate action against Wajingi for being in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition contrary to his firearms certificate," argued Ocharo in his court papers.
The case was, however, thrown out of court in December 2021 on the basis that the petition did not meet the requisite threshold.
"I have considered the prayer that leaves granted operates as a stay. On the material before me, I'm not satisfied that the application meets the legal threshold for the grant of this prayer. The same is declined," Justice Anthony Ndung'u ruled at the time.
