Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang'wa has disclosed that he has declined to provide the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) with information after he was summoned.
In a statement on Thursday, December 5, Thang'wa stated that he was exercising his right to remain silent, adding that he is not obligated to assist DCI in investigations.
The lawmaker intimated that he has been at the DCI headquarters in Kiambu Road since 8:00 a.m. in the company of former Limuru MP Peter Mwathi, who he also said has remained silent.
"We have been in a boardroom at DCI Headquarters on Kiambu Road since 08:00 hours. We chose to exercise our constitutional right to remain silent and have declined to provide any information, as we are not obligated to assist the DCI with their investigation.
"In the meantime, we are doing nothing in this boardroom while the officers engage in extensive consultations outside. We are unaware of whom they are consulting, but I’m sure you can make an educated guess," Thang'wa remarked.
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The lawmaker's remarks come after he was summoned a few days ago to appear at the DCI offices in Nyeri to answer questions related to the chaos witnessed at a funeral in Limuru last week.
Meanwhile, lawyer Ndegwa Njiru claimed on Thursday morning that armed police officers carrying teargas canisters were waiting for Senator Thang'wa at the DCI headquarters.
"Combat police, water canons, armed policemen, unmarked Subarus, teargas canisters all at the DCI Headquarters waiting for Karungo Thangw’a and Peter Mwathi. What for? Why don’t you deploy these resources to pursue the real perpetrators of the Limuru violence?" Njiru posed.
