Joshua Waiganjo, the man accused of masquerading as a senior police officer yesterday sought to meet with Prime Minister Raila Odinga to give him details of what he knew of the post election violence.
Waiganjo's lawyer Cliff Ombeta said his client wanted to disclose what he knew of the violence in parts of Naivasha and Nakuru as well as about his years in "service as a police officer".
"My client has signed an affidavit detailing what he knows about the post election violence; about who was involved and exactly what was done," said Ombeta yesterday.
He said his client was at the time of the post election violence based in Nakuru and Naivasha where he served as a policeman and was privy to some of the operations that went on.
“Waiganajo also wants to say who else was doing his work before he was hired because there are people who were doing what he was doing with the full knowledge of the police chiefs,” said Ombeta.
He explained that his client had been 'betrayed' and wanted to tell his side of the story even if it meant reveal secrets that his former superiors did not want to be revealed.
“If you use and dumb a person what do you expect? He will definitely do what he must do to save himself and that may include revealing secrets,” said Ombeta.
Yesterday, Raila said he had accepted Waiganjo's request to meet him but did not say when this will happen. Raila told a rally at Uhuru Park that he not only wanted to hear what Waiganjo had to say but he would use the information he received at the meeting "to get to the bottom of the rot in the police service."
Odinga said time had wanted to clean the muck in the police force as part of the ongoing police reforms. He explained that his actions were not tribal and that he simply wanted to ensure sanity was restored in the police force.
“Waiganjo says he wants to meet me, and I will meet him so that I can know where the truth is. This is because there is rot in the police force, the truth has to be known, I want to clean the police force,” he told the rally at Uhuru park soon after he presented his papers to the IEBC.
The much awaited report by the National Police Service Commission probe team to investigate Waiganjo was not released yesterday as the commission had promised.
Instead, the commission chairman, Johnstone Kavuludi said the team had yet to present its report. “We did promise you that we will have the report by January 31 and I am assuring you that it will be ready,” he said yesterday.
The team was set up on January 5 after President Kibaki ordered investigation into the activities of Waiganjo which he said compromised the country's security.
Three top cops including Rift Valley provincial police boss, John M’mbijiwe, the Anti Stock Theft commandant in Gilgil Michael Remi Ngugi and Njoro divisional police chief Peter Njeru Nthiga have already been suspended following Waiganjo's exposure.
Former Commissioner of Police Mathew Iteere has since denied Waiganjo's claims that he is the one who recruited and promoted him to the rank of an assistant commission of police.
Testifying before the probe team, Iteere said he had been filled with 'anguish' and was 'embarrassed' that an 'imposter' had attended top-level security meetings.
Waiganjo who was has been custody soon after he was 'exposed' is facing several criminal charges in Nairobi, Naivasha, Nyeri and Kirinyaga.
Over the last fortnight, Waiganjo has alleged that his life was in danger and said in an exclusive interview with the NTV that he would only reveal what he knew to Raila or the Inspector General David Kimaiyo.
Waiganjo, who was called to testify before the probe team, declined saying that the information he had implicated some members of the team.
Yesterday, his lawyer Ombeta said his client had evidence showing 'who hired him, when and for what purpose as well as the activities and operations he has engaged in since his appointment."
Waiganjo who is out on bond has been charged in a number of criminal proceedings in Naivasha, Nyeri and Nairobi. In those cases, he is facing charges of robbery with violence and obtaining money with false pretense.
He has however denied the charges and is out on bond.Waiganjo yesterday asked a court to suspend all the criminal proceedings filed against him.
Through Lawyer John Khaminwa, Waiganjo claimed that the local dailies have portrayed and continue to portray him as an ‘imposter’ and a ‘fake police’ which has condemned him without fair hearing.
“The activities of the appointed team of investigators and conduct of the local dailies has been prejudicial to me and has violated my rights,” he says.
Waiganjo in his court documents wants the High court to grant orders restraining the Director of Public Prosecution, Attorney General, Chief Magistrates Court in Naivasha, Nyeri and Nairobi from proceeding with the criminal cases and any other judicial proceedings.
He also seeks an injunction against the AG from preferring further charges against him pending the hearing and determination of the current application.
High court Judge David Majanja directed Waiganjo to serve the respondents with the application ahead of the hearing date on February 4.
He argues that the continued parallel investigation into his conduct as directed by the president and the current criminal proceedings are a violation to ‘the principle of presumption of innocence’.
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