The court on Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest against a senior official of a bank in Kenya following a petition filed by former Cabinet Secretary without portfolio Raphael Tuju.  The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had earlier moved to court seeking a warrant of arrest against the bank boss on allegations of giving false information to investigative agencies including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) touching on property linked to former CS.

In a statement issued shortly after the developments and seen by Kenyans.co.ke, Tuju, who has been in court over the matter, confirmed the claims, revealing that the false information also implicated his children.

He further stated that the official had not only presented the falsified allegations in Kenyan courts but also courts in the United Kingdom.   Former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju during the requiem mass of former Education CS George Magoha held at Consolata Shrine in Nairobi on Thursday, February 9, 2023.

Kenyans.co.ke Further, the Uhuru-era Cabinet member pinpointed that the falsification of the evidence was also an attempt to intimidate him in a grand scheme of scandalising his name before stealing our properties ''This afternoon, a warrant of arrest has been issued for a senior official of (bank name withheld).