Acting Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Massa Hamisi has clarified reports that he criticised Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua following an interview on Citizen TV.
Rigathia, in a recent interview, noted that DCI ought to be a professional body and discreet and not a drama queen.
In a statement via Twitter on October 4, Massa stated that he did not criticize the Deputy President and the sentiments were not obtained from him.
"The DCI's attention is drawn to the headline of one of the daily newspapers insinuating that the Ag Director DCI has told off the DP over investigation style. We clarify that the purported sentiments referring to the DP were not obtained from the Ag Director, neither are they his position.
"Earlier today in a breakfast meeting hosted by the Auditor General, and where various heads of government institutions were invited to deliberate on the implementation mechanisms of parliamentary recommendations on Auditor General's report, the Ag Director, Hamisi Massa in making his remarks clarified the role of the DCI in implementing the recommendations on criminal investigations to be more focused to serve as a deterrence," part of the statement read.
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DCI added, "The Ag. Director asserted that, as a professional body with a crucial mandate in the criminal justice system, the DCI investigate serious crime that have far reaching implication within the country and where the crimes are transnational in nature. That the investigative techniques are intended to secure the credibility of evidence while maintaining the dignity of all involved.
"This is thus to clarify that at no point did the Ag DCI mention or refer to the DP or any other government official in his remarks, hence the newspaper headline presents a misreported and uncredited position."
