A day after Governor Simba Arati filed a report at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) alleging a plot to search his homes in Kisii and Nairobi, a team of five plainclothes officers were recorded on CCTV allegedly raiding his home.
In a short CCTV footage released by the Governor on Tuesday, April 16 evening, the officers were seen casually engaging with private guards at the Premises.
A private car was also captured in the CCTV footage released by the Kisii Governor claiming that the said officers used it to raid his office in Lavington, Nairobi.
However, according to Arati, he was not home during the raid but was informed by the security guards.
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The CCTV then showed them marching out before leaving his Lavington office.
Addressing the media after the incident, Arati indicated that the said police officers informed the guards that they were visiting the office for a routine checkup.
But what compelled them to raise the alarm, the said officers whose identity was not immediately revealed tried to break into his office.
"I was at the CoG meeting where we were discussing the issue of healthcare workers' strike. My guard informed me that there were five police officers who had come to my office. They had an altercation with my watchman and they threatened to break into my office," said Arati.
"When I came, I found them already inside. I came with my lawyer James Orengo. I asked them why they were in my office and they said they were just coming to check the compound," he added.
Arati challenged the law enforcement officers to charge him if they had anything against him instead of putting his life in danger.
"If you feel that I have done something wrong, call me to your offices. I have had this office since 2018 and police have never ‘patrolled’ inside the premises. I have never heard about such," he insisted.
By the time of this publication, the national police service had not responded to Arati's claims.
