The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has obtained a court order seeking access to CCTV footage of former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i’s residence in Karen, Nairobi, from February 8 to February 9.

This is in light of the police raid purported to have taken place on the former Interior CS’s home on the night of February 9.

Matiang’i claims that his home was raided, surrounded and cordoned off by police officers who were seeking to arrest him.

Through a court order dated February 10, the investigative agency directed the manager of Amsec Security Services, which mans Dr Matiangi’s home, to hand over security footage for the period between 6 AM, February 8 and 11 PM, February 9.

The manager was further directed to service detectives with a certificate of production of electronic evidence of the CCTV footage.

The matter will be mentioned on February 22 to confirm that the manager has complied with the directive.

According to the former CS, the police officers only retreated after the media and his lawyers arrived.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has since come out to state that no police officers were sent to Matiang’i’s home as claimed.

“Dr Matiang’i’s lawyers and some politicians who spoke from the scene alleged that the said persons were police officers sent to arrest the former Cabinet Secretary. This allegation is utterly false,” said Kindiki in a statement.

“No police officer(s) or any security agent from any Government institution or department was dispatched to the home of Dr Matiang’i to arrest, harass or otherwise interfere with his Constitutional rights in any manner whatsoever.”

DCI boss Mohamed Amin also noted that, after conducting an independent probe to determine the authenticity of Matiang’i’s claims, they discovered that the incident was nothing more but a “well-coordinated and deliberate attempt to spread false information and incite public fear.”