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Why DCI Kinoti risk being jailed for disobeying orders

Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti at a past function. [File, Standard]

A legal battle over a consignment of sugar impounded at a go-down in Ruiru, Kiambu County on June 11, 2018 has landed the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti (pictured) in trouble.

The sugar was seized on allegations that it had mercury and was not fit for human consumption. Kinoti is wanted after he failed to appear in court in person to explain why he has disobeyed court orders twice in a petition filed by businessman Patrick Njiru Kuria, the director of Paleah Stores.

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