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06

Mr

.

S. Shah

Director, Charterhouse

Bank

6

th

Floor

,

Longonot Place

Kijabe Street
NAIROBI

D

ear Sir

RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE PERSONAL SECURITY OF PETER GEORGE
ODHIAMBO AND TITUS MWIRIGI RELATING TO EVENTS SORROUNDING
CHARTERHOUSE BANK

.

We ack

n

ow

l

edge receipt

o

f your

l

e

tt

er

o

n

th

e

abo

ve

su

b

j

e

c

t

d

ated 19

th

July 2006 the

contents of which we have noted.

Your contention that we have condem

n

e

d a

nd s

c

a

nd

al

i

zed y

ou a

n

d t

he fel

lo

w directors of

Charterhouse Bank without due rec

our

se

t

o the r

u

les

o

f

n

a

tura

l justice has pr

o

fo

un

dly

surprised us. We therefore invite y

o

u t

o

read yet

a

gain

our l

e

tt

er

o

f the 12

th

J

u

ly 2006

upon which

you should

notice

that the only c

onc

e

r

n

we

ha

ve with

the

Po

lice

Commissioner is the personal safety and security

o

f Mes

s

rs

Pe

ter

O

dhiam

b

o and Titus

Mwirigi

.

We do reiterate as a matter of fact that Mr

.

Peter

O

dhiam

bo

has since

i

h

-

J

u

ly 2006

received a lot of telephone calls from people warning him

o

f t

h

eir capa

b

i

l

i

t

ies to harm

him on account of the events that surround Charterhouse

B

a

n

k.

Pet

er

O

dhiam

b

o 's and

Titus Mwirigis fears for their safety are real and not flights offancy.

We take this opportunity to clarify further our involvement in this mat

te

r w

h

ich is also

premised on Mr. Odhiambo's

attempted arrest by police officers re

l

ying

o

n

docum

ents

that had not been executed by the present Charterhouse

Statutory Man

a

ger Mrs

.

Ro

se

Detho. This is the basis upon which we asked the Commissioner of

Po

lice t

o

inv

e

stig

a

te

how officers from Central Police Station could purport to effect an arrest

b

a

s

ed

o

n

n

on-

authentic and unenforceable documents.

From the foregoing

,

by a copy of this letter

,

we a

re forwarding to

the Commissi

o

ner

o

f

Police the names of the t

w

o officers from Centra

l Police Station wh

o went to the Central

B

ank of

Kenya and attempted to arrest Mr

.

Od

hiambo on 7

th

July 2006

as:

i

)

Super

i

ntendent

Muya

Nyale the District

Crimina

l

Investigations

Officer

(DCIO)

,

ii)

Inspector Jaliwa.

Sincerely

Maina Kiai
Chairman

CC:

Maj. General Hussein Ali

,

EBS

Commissioner of Police