High Court has issued an arrest warrant against Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti.
Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai has been ordered to facilitate the arrrst of Kinoti.
"Whereas Mr George Maingi Kinoti has this day been charged before this court for contempt of court order pursuant to an order issued by Hon. Justice Mwita on the 21st June 2019. Therefore you are hereby commanded to apprehend the said Mr. George Maingi Kinoti and to bring him before this court to answer to the said charge and to be further dealth with according to law," reads the order.
Kinoti is embroiled in an arms case for failing to return seven firearms to businessman Jimi Wanjigi as had been ordered by the court.
Kinoti was in November sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of court after failing to comply with court orders to return firearms seized from Wanjigi.
He had been directed to surrender to Kamiti Maximum Prison within seven days, failure to which the Director of Public Prosecutions has was to issue an arrest warrant against him.
Attorney-General Kihara Kariuki has since filed an application with the High Court, asking for Kinoti’s sentence at the Kamiti Maximum Prison to be suspended pending the hearing and decision of his petition.
