Western Kenya leaders have come out to defend one of their own from the region Gilbert Masengeli who is also the Inspector General of Police after he was sentenced to six months in prison.
Led by by Saboti Member of Parliament Caleb Amisi, the western kenya leaders have condemned the sentence issued by Justice Lawrence Mugambi and said its a plot to involve Masengeli in a tug of war between President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua.
According to Amisi, Masengeli’s problems are politically instigated and that the acting Inspector General should not carry former Inspector General Japhet Koome’s cross.
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“The person who should appear before the court to be grilled is Koome, people died during Koome’s reign, not Masengeli’s reign. Masengeli cannot be a sacrificial lamb for the mistakes that were done by the past police regime. Koome must carry his cross alone.”
Amisi further alleged that the court is being used to cover up the deaths that happened during Gen Z protests when Former Inspector General Japhet Koome was at the helm of the police top seat.
This comes after Justice Lawrence Mugambi issued a ruling sending Masengeli to prison for six months after being found guilty of contempt of court after the IG failed to appear in court in a record seven times.
Further, the judge gave Masengeli seven days to surrender himself to the Commissioner General of Prisons failure to which, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki was ordered to take steps to ensure Masengeli is committed to prison to serve his sentence.