{"id":86159,"date":"2023-03-07T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/how-raila-faced-off-with-police-officer-at-dci-headquarters"},"modified":"2023-03-07T18:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:19:38","slug":"how-raila-faced-off-with-police-officer-at-dci-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/how-raila-faced-off-with-police-officer-at-dci-headquarters","title":{"rendered":"How Raila faced off with police officer at DCI headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Azimio Leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday faced off with a police officer who barred him from entering the DCI headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader had arrived at Mazingira House, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Headquarters, where former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang&#8217;i was being questioned.<\/p>\n<p>A furious Raila questioned the rationale of blocking him from accessing the offices yet the DCI director&#8217;s office is a public office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a public office, you want me to order these people to go in by force? This is a public officer, he cannot be ordered not to see the director,\u201d Raila charged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they want problems they will get them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The officer, who saluted him before informing him that he was under instructions not to allow him in, defended himself saying consultations were ongoing &#8216;at a higher level&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat consultations?\u201d Raila posed as the officer pleaded with him outside the gate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am under instruction sir that you can&#8217;t go in, none of you will go in,&#8221; the officer told Raila.<\/p>\n<p>Matiang&#8217;i was later released after hours of questioning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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