Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja. Inset (left): Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo.

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Inspector-General of Police Douglas Kanja has blamed a possible infiltration of government intelligence by ‘rogue’ governors to avoid arrest by the National Police Service for snubbing Parliamentary summonses.

The police boss had come under fire from senators after failing to arrest and produce Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo before the Senate despite a warrant of arrest against the county boss.

This is after the IG had said his officers will not hesitate in effecting warrants of arrest orders against “rogue” governors snubbing Parliamentary summonses, adding that there is no public officer who is above the law.

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However, the police boss pleaded his case revealing that the police had constituted a team of police officers to arrest Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo following a warrant of arrest issued against the county boss by the Senate, only for the first term governor to escape the police dragnet.

In a letter to the Senate’s County Public Accounts Committee on Monday, Mr Kanja was at pains to explain how the governor got wind of the well-planned manhunt.

“I wish to reiterate beforehand that upon receipt of its (the committee) request, I immediately constituted a team of officers to carry out the important assignment. However, the honourable governor apparently got wind of it and successfully evaded our dragnet,” said Mr Kanja in the letter.

The revelations by Mr Kanja appear to confirm a recent drama when police officers staged a siege at City Hall on March 30, 2026 to arrest Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja for repeatedly snubbing Parliamentary summonses.

Nonetheless, the governor narrowly escaped after evading officers who had arrived to enforce a Senate committee's arrest warrant for contempt of Parliament.

A contingent of police officers—including Nairobi Regional Police Commander Issa Mohamud and the Police Spokesperson—camped outside City Hall to execute the order. However, it is claimed the governor was tipped off about his imminent arrest before he managed to evade the dragnet.

📰 Source: Nation Africa