Pokot South MP David Pkosing’s chopper grounded as he’s questioned again over banditry

Pokot South MP David Pkosing’s chopper grounded as he’s questioned again over banditry

Pokot South MP David Pkosing addresses the press outside DCI headquarters after his release on February 17, 2023.

A helicopter belonging to Pokot South Member of Parliament David Pkosing is now the subject of forensic investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

The embattled legislator, who was interrogated for the second consecutive day since his arrest on Thursday afternoon, has denied using his aircraft to perpetrate banditry in the North Rift region.

The MP on Friday left the DCI headquarters at around 6:15pm after being interrogated over suspected involvement in banditry in West Pokot and neighbouring counties.

“We were told to come back and answer to issues of the commercialization of bandits, that the cows are being stolen are normally handed over to Mheshimiwa so he should respond to money laundering,” said Pkosing’s lawyer Danstan Omari.

“We have come and the same questions have been put to Mheshimiwa, he has responded that all his life, he has never been in the business of selling or buying cattle.”

The MP, on his part, stated: “Pkosing does not determine bond, it is the court...it’s only that I just came in as a good samaritan kusaidia watu wetu ambao ni maskini, ambao walipoteza ng;ombe yao...ndio sasa nikaletwa kujibu hii maneno yote, ambayo sasa imemutate kuwa crime, mandege...”

The green and white helicopter, number 5Y-DPL, belonging to the embattled legislator, which was used to transport seven men who had been arrested and released by the Kitale Law Courts over suspected involvement in banditry at Kainuk, is now a subject of forensic investigations by the DCI.

On Saturday at 11am, forensic experts from the DCI headquarters accompanied by Pkosing's lawyers will conduct a forensic analysis on the aircraft at Wilson Airport.

“They are now saying that it ferries firearms from Wilson to West Pokot. Yet this aircraft is used by leaders across all divides and cleared by KAA,” said Omari.

“The green and white chopper is mine, the white chopper that is doing rounds on social media is not mine. Is it wrong for a Pokot to own a chopper?” Posed Pkosing.

The Pokot South MP reading foul play in the manner the banditry menace in the North Rift is being handled by the State.

“Other leaders from neighbouring communities have incited their constituents, why aren't they being questioned as well?” He asked.

Detectives from the DCI have informed the third-term MP that they will contact him on Monday if need be for further clarification, even as security apparatus entered the regions classified as disturbed and dangerous to launch a major operation aimed at weeding out bandits.

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