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DCI eats humble pie amid barrage of anger and criticism from social media

Some of the photos that had been released by DCI alleging to be some of the individuals captured on camera as they perpetrated violence during Azimio la Umoja demos. [DCI Twitter]

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) yesterday apologised for using false photos of what it earlier described as suspects in the Azimio la Umoja Monday protests.

Through its official Twitter handle, the investigative agency said Kenyans misled it by submitting old pictures through public channels.

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