Former Inspector general of Police Joseph Boinnet left his tenure marred with corruption issues and gross misconduct of top State officials.He even threw a cop in hardship after this officer had interrogated his sister -in-law.
It has now emerged that a Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officer leading a probe into the irregular purchase of a piece of land by Kenya Pipeline (KPC) was transferred a week after interrogating the sister-in-law to Boinnet
Sources say that this is the second time in a year the detective has been transferred while at the critical stage of investigations into several KPC fraud cases in which the former IG’s sister-in-law is a suspect.
The detective identified as Police Constable Patrick Shiundu, formerly of the Flying Squad, had been transferred to Turkana as he was finalizing investigations into Sh647 million pay-out for hydrant pit valves by KPC to Aero Dispenser Ltd.
He had interrogated several suspects and, just before he could file his report, was transferred to Turkana during the reign of then DCI Francis Ndegwa Muhoro. The file was subsequently closed.
When the current DCI Boss George Kinoti took over, the detectives was recalled from Turkana because of his deep understanding of the KPC investigation, and assigned to a special projects team under the Investigations Bureau (IB) Branch where he has been since.
He had interrogated most of the KPC senior management and board members, including embattled former managing director Joe Sang, Felicity Birir, Faith Boinnet, John Ngumi (KPC Board chairman), Solomon Odoyo, Jane Nakadony among others and was scheduled to interview a Cabinet Secretary when he was asked to hand over the almost complete investigations file, and transferred to Garbatulla.
Prior to the transfer, armed men had broken into his Donholm Estate residence on December 30, 2018 and stole several flash discs and documents in the hope of recovering the investigation file. The burglars did not carry away any electronic goods from the house as would have been expected.
Unfortunately,Investigations into the land saga have since stalled.