DPP orders further probe on CJ security threat

By Nation Reporter

Posted  Monday, April 15  2013 

The Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered Police to reopen investigations into a threatening letter sent to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga ahead of the March 4 general elections.

The Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro, in his inquiry file, had dismissed the threat as lacking evidence and recommended for No Further Police Action.

However DPP Keriako Tobiko said the police investigations were shoddy and did not pursue important leads that could have revealed the source of the letter.

"I have reached the conclusion that the investigations did not examine or exhaust a number of pertinent leads and are wanting in some respects," Mr Tobiko said in a letter sent last Friday to the CID boss.

The DPP has also urged the police to boost the security of the Chief Justice, all judges and other judicial officers.

The Chief Justice shocked the nation on February 20, when he convened a press conference and alleged that members of the outlawed Mungiki Group had written to him and threatened his life if the courts give an adversarial ruling in the case challenging Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid for the presidency on integrity grounds. (READ: Probe threats to CJ to defuse the tension)