A social media user found himself on the wrong side of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, 19, November 2021, after his written suggestion sparked a savage response from the agency.
In the incident witnessed by kenyanbulletin.com on Twitter, the Kenyan identified as “Wamuhu” on the platform accused DCI of misplaced priorities in chasing petty criminals instead of nabbing the real big fish responsible for sucking this country dry.
This was in reply to a post by the Kinoti-headed agency where they announced a hunt for 14 students from Kirinyaga who were busted smoking weed in a matatu and ran away upon facing police.
The students from Fred’s Grammer mixed secondary school had boarded a 2NK SACCO PSV on their way for the midterm break.
“Detectives based in Kirinyaga are tracing the whereabouts of 14 students, who jumped from the windows of a moving Nairobi bound matatu after they were busted smoking weed,” DCI posted on Twitter.
Wamuhu then took the opportunity to express his dissatisfaction with the agency’s order of concerns when spending our taxes.
He advised the DCI to find other worthwhile things to do.
“Chasing after weed smokers is wasting our taxes,” the tweep wrote.
To his surprise, however, DCI’s Twitter admin of the day didn’t look to be in a very good mood.
In a rude response, the netizen was asked to stick to his lane and keep off matters of the law.
“Usitufunze kazi,” DCI tweeted back.
This immediately evoked reactions from other social media users who quickly descended upon the tweet with guns blazing.
While some agreed with Wamuhu’s opinion, others only showed up to witness the “violence”.
More notably, their exchange of words led to the ever-recurring discussion on Cannabis and its illegal status in Kenya.
Weed has stayed banned in Kenya since the British colonial East Africa Protectorate days.
However, there have been recent campaigns that have called for its legalisation.
For instance, the late former member of parliament for Kibra Constituency Ken Okoth advocated for its legalisation on the basis of its medicinal values.
In March 2019, a New York-based company “GoIP Global Inc” announced that it had obtained a licence to grow the plant in Kenya but Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi immediately rubbished the claims.
