{"id":60083,"date":"2024-07-01T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/help-us-flush-out-criminals-infiltrating-demos-dci-tells-kenyans\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:03:12","slug":"help-us-flush-out-criminals-infiltrating-demos-dci-tells-kenyans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/help-us-flush-out-criminals-infiltrating-demos-dci-tells-kenyans\/","title":{"rendered":"Help us flush out criminals infiltrating demos, DCI tells Kenyans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has asked Kenyans to help security agencies in getting rid of criminals invading peaceful protests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While acknowledging the nationwide protests rejecting the 2024\/25 Finance Bill as peaceful, the criminal investigative agency noted that criminals had taken advantage of the situation and devised ways to cause harm during the demonstrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can flush them from amongst our numbers because they do not share the principles that define what we stand for, and more so for the sake of those who did not deserve to lose their only means of livelihood in this manner,\u201d DCI told Kenyans.<\/p>\n

The agency also noted that it had retrieved CCTV footage of criminals masquerading as protesters causing damage to properties thus robbing Kenyans their livelihood.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a criminal investigative agency, it squarely falls within the mandate of the DCI to investigate and bring to book any persons involved in such outright criminality, which not only robbed numerous Kenyans their means of livelihood, but also worked towards compromising an otherwise crucial constitutional right,\u201d the statement futher read.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that regard, the DCI\u2019s Imaging and Acoustic Unit domiciled at the National Forensic Laboratory has since retrieved numerous CCTV footages that captured identifiable persons, whose felonious acts isolates them from the hundreds of thousands that stuck to their course.\u201d<\/p>\n

This comes after President William Ruto in a media round-table at State House on Sunday attributed the extensive damage to criminals who, he claimed, infiltrated what began as peaceful demonstrations.<\/p>\n

According to the Head of State, property worth Ksh 2.4 billion was destroyed during the protests against the Finance Bill last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were criminals who infiltrated and caused mayhem. In fact, some of these criminals harmed peaceful protesters. Many protesters lost their phones and were attacked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Key government offices, including Parliament, the Office of the Chief Justice, and Governor Johnson Sakaja\u2019s office at City Hall, were among those damaged during the protests.<\/p>\n

Ruto stated that investigations are underway to determine how protesters gained access to Parliament and set part of the building on fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe invaders in Parliament went straight for the armoury at the mausoleum and the Sergeant at Arms\u2019 office. How did these criminals know about the armoury? There will be investigations into all these incidents,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has asked Kenyans to help security agencies in getting rid of criminals invading peaceful protests. While acknowledging the nationwide protests rejecting the 2024\/25 Finance Bill as peaceful, the criminal investigative agency noted that criminals had taken advantage of the situation and devised ways to cause harm during the demonstrations. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}