DCI officers who were members of the disbanded Special Service Unit have broken their silences over accusations linking them to the disappearance of two Indians and their driver.
In affidavits filed to the court, the group denied involvement in their disappearance saying they are innocent.
Peter Muthee Gachiku, Francis Ndonye, John Mwangi, Joseph Kamau, Joseph Mwenda, David Chepcheng, Stephen Luseno, Paul Njogu and Simon Muhunga said their woes are politically instigated.
The investigators are seeking to hold the group over alleged involvement in the abduction and disappearance of Mohamed Zaid and Zulfiqar Ahmad and their driver Nicodemus Mwania.
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"In his Mashujaa Day speech, the head of state explicitly stated that they had issued directions for investigations in regard to the instant matter notwithstanding the fact that the National Police Service is an independent office only subject to directions from the office of the DPP," the officers stated in their affidavits.
They further challenged the Internal Affairs Unit of the police to proceed and charge them in court if they have facts linking them to the disappearance of the three.
Further, the group expressed fears that the DNA identification exercise on items recovered from Aberdare could be planted on them to find them liable.
“They have not even indicated with certainty which items they are intending to compare the samples with,” the affidavits read.
The four officers say if the DNA sample has to be carried out, they have no problem with that but they must be there to witness the exercise.
They said the exercise should at the same time be carried out by the government chemist.
Through their lawyer Danstan Omari, the group said the application was not backed by any evidence.
