Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has challenged Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Director Mohamed Amin to send officers to his home if investigators want him to record a statement over the murder of Dr Victoria Mutiso.
Gachagua said he was ready to cooperate with the investigation but maintained that he would not present himself at DCI headquarters or a police station.
Speaking in Kiambu on Friday while opening a Democratic Congress Party (DCP) office, Gachagua responded to claims by Amin that he had been in communication with individuals linked to Mutiso’s killing.
“Kama unasema kuna watu walinipigia simu, si ukuje kwangu uandike taarifa?” Gachagua asked.
He said investigators were free to visit him at home and record his statement regarding the alleged telephone calls.
“Come and write a statement kwa sababu mimi siwezi kuja DCI, siwezi enda kwa polisi,” he said.
Gachagua also referred to his former position as Deputy President, saying he had moved beyond the level of ordinary political actors.
“Mimi nimepita hiyo kiwango, mimi niko kiwango ya Rais. So wewe kama kuna walinipigia simu, kuja niandike statement kwangu. I will write,” he said.
His remarks came hours after Amin alleged that detectives had established communication between Gachagua and key suspects in the murder.
According to Amin, Gachagua had allegedly communicated with one of the suspects arrested in connection with the killing as well as a boda boda rider investigators believe may have been involved in the operation.
“Gachagua was in communication with one of the suspects in the Dr Mutiso murder. Gachagua was also in communication with the boda boda rider,” Amin said.
The DCI director further claimed that some of the suspects arrested by detectives had attempted to flee the country.
“Suspects we arrested last evening were on the run almost crossing the border. Why would a politician want to bangle our investigations?” Amin asked.
The allegations have introduced a new dimension to the investigation, although the DCI has not identified Gachagua as a suspect in Mutiso’s murder.
Dr Mutiso, a former director of the African Institute of Mental and Brain Health, was shot dead on July 29 while travelling in an Uber vehicle in Nairobi.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the vehicle encountered a black Toyota Prado that had partly blocked the road before a gunman opened fire. Mutiso was rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The DCI has since intensified investigations to establish the motive, identify everyone involved and determine the circumstances surrounding the killing.
The agency has also appealed to members of the public with information that could assist the investigation to come forward.
