From: Tebiti Oisaboke
Dear fellow Kenyans
Police Commissioner Mathews Iteere is one of the candidates who have been shortlisted to the newly created Director of Police vetting process. However, its unbelievable to hear that Comm Iteere has been doing shoddy investigations pertaining to white collar crimes committed by the mighty and powerful individuals. All the white collar criminals’ files he has forwarded to the DPP’s office for prosecution are returned to him because of one reason or another. Mr. Keraito Ole Tobiko has returned several high profiles files to Comm Iteere with recommendations that the evidence given is inadequate. Mr. Ole Tobiko returned the file of the late second year student at the U of N Ms. Mercy C. Keino and asked Iteere with his lieutenants to redo it over and present the file back to his office in two weeks. That was last summer and to this day we haven’t heard whether Comm Iteere ever concluded his assignment and hand in Mercy’s file so that her family may get the justice they have so long yearned for. This is because the culprits who are involved with Mercy’s brutal death are untouchable powerful drug barons. The evidence adduced by the eyewitness who were present at the scene of murder said it all. Why was the host never interviewed? Why were the guards transferred to another location/cite? He conducted a hasty investigation of which was going to exonerate all the culprits. The Olympian, Mr. Samuel Kamau Wambui’s murder mystery has not been settled in court yet. How long does it take him to investigate any case marked “URGENT”? He seems to spend a tone of public time investigating one case thus waisting tax payer’s money. And when he finishes one case, its not strong enough to send the white collar criminals on vacation behind bars or in the joint for a long time.
This is exactly what he did with Baron John Mwau’s case. He did a shoddy investigative job which even the judge wondered where his detectives were trained. He threw the case out of the window and Mwau walked out to the streets a free man. Other examples are Hon Samoei arap Ruto’s Ksh 276 Million case. Lack of sufficient evident exonerated Ruto. Sonko Mbuvi is still entertaining the Nairobians with his Akamba jigs outside Tinga’s office. He has been arrested several times and he says posting bail is not a big deal to him and his solders. All he tells the judge is “Give me the figure”. He dished out live goats and cows to his solders for Christmas, I hope he remembered his judge too. A Mr. Kobia who came to the limelights when the DRC gold saga was unearthed walked out of court a free man too for lack of evidence. The man manufactured billions of Kshs out of the loot. And is resting at his home enjoying the proceeds while Kabila Jr. is still scratching his head to death. There are very many scandals involving senior civil servants which have taken place under Iteere’s watch. Take for example the FPE funds, nobody has been aligned before the court of law to face fraud charges. Jr who is Kenya’s treasury custodian passed the bill to the common tax payers to foot the bill and refund the donor’s cash back. How long are we going to do this with Iteere sleeping carelessly on his job? How about those who grabbed state land and built homes on them? Case of the 2007/08 election perpetrators who were supposed to be tried locally hasn’t taken off the ground yet. And the list goes on and on.
Yesterday, the DPP Mr. Ole Tobiko returned the DCJ Baraza’s file to his office citing lack of congruent evidence to prosecute her. Comm Iteere had hurriedly conducted his police investigation and convinced that they had solid evidence to charge Justice Baraza with an illegal fire arms possession, forwarded the file to Tobiko’s office for action. However when the DPP perused through the file he found out a tone full of errors and returned it back to Iteere with instruction to correct the errors and send it back in two weeks. I hope this time the two weeks will not turn out to be two years just as it has taken that long to arrest and produce those behind her murder. Comm Iteere had strong vowed to resign if DCJ Baraza will not be prosecuted, now since the file has been taken back for further investigation, is he still debating on when he is gonna step down in protest? We are anxiously waiting to see that happen and he will be the first top ranking security official to do that since independence. Or did he utter these words to please the police vetting commissioners so that he can earn leverage credits to pocket the D of P designation? If that is the case, its unfair for him to bay for Justice Baraza’s blood and the expense of his own selfish benefits. He should equally apply justice to ALL citizens including Ms. Keino, Wambui, the millions of Kenyan children who have been robbed of their right to education by these knuckleheads he is trying to defend. Our poor tax payers should not be made to pay for crimes committed by the already extremely rich and stable folks. By the way, WHY is he rushing to prosecute Justice Nance and trying to make sure that she indeed faces the music, is it because she is a woman and the other white collar criminals are men? Iteere has been scoring “F” grades ever since he was tapped for the office of C of P. He has been unable to successfully push for the police reforms. His lieutenants are the most corrupt civil servants and undisciplined forces in Kenya.Insecurity is rampant in the country and police harassment is an all time high these days. If he really wants Baraza to be prosecuted and I also wish she is if there is credible evidence that she committed the gun wielding crime at the VM, then let him prosecute the other pending white collar crimes and reopen those which were erroneously concluded and bring them back to court. We all know without any doubt that Samoie arap Ruto bought his freedom by hiring and monetarily compromising the key prosecution witness. A bunch of police detectives have lost their lives in the line of duty while investigating drug trafficking in Kenya. Have their killers been arrested and charged with their killings?
In conclusion, I would like to see Comm Iteere stepping down from his office if judge Baraza is not prosecuted. AND SHE MIGHTY NOT!! MARK MY WORDS. Kenya is a funny country where the powerful and elite class commits crimes and NOTHING or no action is taken against them. Comm Iteere knows that game very well and was I think he was not very serious with his words, he was just tying to show us that he is really serious with his job so that he may be confirmed as the first D of Police. In Kenya, we say that “Waswahili Hujuan Kwa Vilemba”. They will always cover up their traits and defend themselves at any cost. But on the other hand, things are supposed to have changed for the better with the dispensation of the new constitution. This is not during Mzee Sr’s time when people like Dr. Z.T. Onyonka could make an impromptu visit to any health care facility, spank nurses and walk out without anything happening. This is a new Kenya where NOBODY is above the law including the chief legal custodians’ servants. So, Comm Iteere please get your resignation letter ready because we are on count down time now, hoping that you were serious with your words. We are grown ups and we don’t like games any more and anything you say may be held against you and you career.
Let JUSTICE reign to ALL people in corners of Kenya
Good luck in your fantasies
TOI
The following article has been recommended:
Baraza gun probe is shoddy, says Tobiko
[http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Baraza+gun+probe+is+shoddy+says+Tobiko+/-/1064/1304764/-/myf0it/-/index.html]