By Antynet Ford
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and the Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin will be charged with contempt of court and sentenced and convicted respectively immediately if they miss the next hearing.
This was revealed by High Court Judge Bahati Mwamunye after the IG missed attending the court session for the second time in a case involving the abduction of seven people that was filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) among others.
“If Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja misses the next hearing, I will have no choice but to charge him with contempt of court and sentence him on the spot. As for the DCI, I will proceed with a conviction and invite him for mitigation.” Mwamunye stated.
While delivering his ruling before adjourning, Mwamunye summoned Amin and Kanja for the next hearing warning them that they would be sent to jail if they missed.
“If the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, misses the third hearing, I will have no option but to cite, convict, and sentence him on the spot.” He stated.
The judge stated that if the DCI boss misses to attend the next hearing, he will be invited for mitigation and sentence hearing.
The judge extended the grace period to the two security bosses for them to locate one Steve Mbisi who is yet to be released by his abductors.
The security bosses were instructed last month by Justice Diana Kavedza to produce seven abductees and were today required to attend the court in person to show why they should not be cited for contempt for failing to comply with the orders.
They failed to appear with Kanja’s counsel requesting the court to grant them 14 days to provide answers.
Through his counsel, Kanja informed the court that he was attending to matters of national security.
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