This subject was on Thursday before Justice Justus Bwonwong'a, who extended the anticipatory bail issued on February 9, 2023, by Justice Kanyi Kimondo.
The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) also told the court that it had submitted a motion for removal from the proceedings and a preliminary objection.
Using a lawyer, IPOA claimed that because it doesn't deal with issues affecting civilians, it was incorrectly identified as a respondent in the lawsuit.
Dr Matiang'i requested anticipatory bail in the past. Justice Kimondo previously granted it after he claimed in court that he was facing an impending police arrest and hence had a legitimate fear that his constitutional rights were being violated.
The court stated that although the police are free to investigate any illegal activity involving Matiang'i, they will not arrest him after receiving anticipatory bail.
Via his attorneys, Matiang'i asserted that he had acquired reliable evidence from Kenya Police personnel that they had been given explicit instructions to arbitrarily detain and imprison him to present him in court for unrelated political reasons.
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According to court filings, "the respondents and the Kenya Police are abusing and misusing the powers of arrest to harass, threaten, and oppress the applicant and his former Cabinet associates and the former president; and to pursue extraneous political goals unrelated to upholding the law."
To prevent the respondents, their servants, agents, junior officials, and anybody else from arresting, charging, harassing, or otherwise interfering with him, Matiang'i petitioned the court to impose a conservatory order.
He stated that on February 9, 2023, police officials searching for him conducted a raid, encircled, and roped off his home.
