Naivasha Member of Parliament Jayne Kihara has been summoned to appear before detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday.
According to the summons seen by The Standard, the legislator is accused of making inciteful comments at an unspecified event.
The summons, signed by Deputy Director of the Investigations Bureau George Lenny Kisaka, who is also an Assistant Inspector General of Police, says the bureau is investigating "an alleged offence of undermining the authority of a public officer contrary to Section 132 of the Penal Code, CAP 63, Laws of Kenya; whereby a complaint on dissemination of inciteful or disruptive content, features." When reached for comment, the MP linked the summons to her support for Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. "I think it is connected to my speech during the burial of Boniface Kariuki in Murang'a County on Friday," she said.
Kariuki was shot at point-blank range by a police officer deployed in Nairobi's CBD to control demonstrators on June 17, an incident that was caught on camera.
