Uhuru’s Bodyguard Arrested And Released In Gun Drama With Army General

A member of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s closest security detail was on Sunday night arrested in a curfew roadblock drama.

The officer was disarmed and arrested but was never booked after instructions from the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai.

According to a police report at Embakasi Division, the incident happened at around 10 pm at a roadblock mounted at the former GSU training school junction.

The report titled visit by a senior officer notes that Major-General Ayub Matiri, the Commanding Officer of the National Command Centre for Covid-19 had visited the roadblock.

“His observation was that most of the violators of the curfew order were police officers and army officers. He communicated the same to the IG-NPS,” the report says.

It notes that during that time, “there came Mr Kiragu SP who is attached to Prescot (Presidential Escort Unit) and the Major Gen. ordered him to drive back to where he was coming from.”

The report says that Kiragu tried to explain that he was from work and was going to his residence to sleep as he was reporting on duty early in the morning.

“A misunderstanding arose and the Maj. Gen. called the inspector general accusing Kiragu of lacking discipline and had a gun,” the incident report adds.

Matiri handed over the phone to the Officer Commanding Embakasi who was instructed by the IG to “disarm the officer, arrest him and place him in cells.”

“The officer was escorted to Embakasi Police Station but before he could be booked in, consultations were made and the IG instructed that he be released. He was released at around 2300 hrs and he left while complaining about embarrassment,” the report states.