High Court Judge Justice Lawrence Mugambi who is presiding over the case against Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has claimed that his life is in danger.
In a disturbing revelation after the Inspector General Masengeli failed to appear in court in a record seven times, the judge found him in contempt and set a ruling for a later date, but revealed that he was being intimidated.
According to the judge, a senior police officer had been keenly following into his whereabouts by making repeated inquiries to the judge’s driver and bodyguard about his location in what seemed as a threat to him and his life.
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In a high profile case filed by the Law Society of Kenya against Masengeli, he is required to appear at the court in person to explain the whereabouts of three abducted kenyans, two of whom are brothers but he has snubbed the summons.
It’s on these grounds that Justice Lawrence Mugambi revealed that the top police boss dispatched his trusted officers to track and intimidate him into making unconstitutional rulings in favor of the boss.
However, Mugambi has dismissed the attempts by the acting top police boss by stating that the “conduct is unacceptable and borders on outright intimidation,” and will not submit to it whatsoever.
Despite attempts by the Chief State Counsel, Charles Mutinda to explain that the police chief was involved in critical security meetings in Wajir, the court couldn’t stomach the explanation by the counsel.
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Masengeli is now required to appear in court on Friday, where he faces sentencing for his contempt with Law Society of Kenya insisting that the Acting IG should get maximum punishment and be declared unfit to hold public office.