The Directorate of Criminal Investigations now wants members of the public to help with any information that can lead to the arrests of suspects caught on CCTV footages breaking into and looting businesses during anti-Finance Bill protests.
In a statement issued on Monday, July 1, DCI shared a number of images of individuals looting businesses in Nairobi CBD, having perused videos from numerous CCTV cameras.
“The DCI’s Imaging and Acoustic Unit domiciled at the National Forensic Laboratory has since retrieved numerous CCTV footages that captured identifiable persons, whose felonious acts isolates them from the hundreds of thousands that stuck to their course (anti-Finance Bill protests),” the DCI says. “Whereas some have already been arrested and arraigned in various courts today, more are still out there on the streets waiting for other opportune times to strike again, causing more damage and risking the lives of innocent citizens caught up in the course of quelling the crimes.”
The investigative agency says that the said individuals are part of criminals who took advantage of the peaceful protests organised by Kenyan youth (Gen Z) countrywide to exercise their democratic right.
“Posing as demonstrators, the bad elements who were also well-organized earmarked several business premises including boutiques, electronic shops and supermarkets, breaking in and massively looting to the detriment of innocent business owners,” the DCI adds.
The DCI is now urging Kenyans who know the said individuals to report to any police station or #FichuakwaDCI by calling its toll-free hotline 0800 722 203.